Letters of Importance

Letter to Pennsylvania Department of Education responding to a request for guidance regarding whether a described memorandum of understanding for access to student records violates the requirements of FERPA. 

Letter responding to the California Department of Education's request for guidance on disclosing student records to officials in the California Department of Health Services, who are conducting a study. 

Letter to Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District (CA) reporting a possible conflict between FERPA and California Education Code § 76031.

Letter addressing the applicability of FERPA to individuals observing classrooms.

A letter in response to a school district request on whether FERPA permits the District to release certain information in education records related to one student to the parents of another student. 

Letter to the Georgia Board of Regents on whether FERPA permits the release certain information from education records to the press under Georgia's Open Records Act. 

The purpose of this letter is to explain conditions under which educational agencies and institutions may disclose personally identifiable information from education records to FSA without the student’s written consent.

Letter notifying the Superintendent of Public Instruction of an apparent conflict between Michigan law and FERPA.

Joint letter from the Secretary of Education and the Under Secretary of Defense to Chief State School Officers regarding the release of student information to military recruiters under FERPA.

Joint Letter From Secretary Paige and Secretary Rumsfeld details the provisions under No Child Left Behind that requires high schools to provide to military recruiters, upon request, access to secondary school students and directory information on those students.