Letters of Importance

Letter to New York school districts requesting technical assistance regarding FERPA compliance. 

Letter to University of New Mexico responding to concern of a potential conflict between the FERPA and State mandatory reporting requirements laws. 

Letter to University of Illinois in response to several questions surrounding the University's practice of permanently assigning identification numbers to students, employees, certain categories of visitors, and others.

Letter to the Tennessee Department of Education regarding the applicability of FERPA to the release of student-level records to researchers.

Letter to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls regarding designating a student's ID number as directory information.

Letter in response to the University of North Alabama regarding the applicability of the FERPA to records maintained by its Office of Developmental Services. 

Letter to Michigan Department of Education regarding a statutory resolution to the conflict between the Michigan Open Meetings Act and the FERPA.

Letter to Miami University responding to a request for technical assistance around information requested by the media from the University regarding specific disciplinary incidents and proceedings. 

Letter in response to a parent complaint alleging a School District violated the parent's FERPA rights.

Letter to Auburn University advising the results of SPPO's investigation into a student complaint alleging a FERPA violation.