Letters of Importance

Letter of technical assistance to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regarding proposals for the written consent that student-athletes must provide before disclosing information from their education records. 

Letter to Shelton State Community College (AL), responding to a request for guidance concerning the release of information from a student's education records to the local deputy sheriff who presented a contempt order or warrant for the student's arrest. 

Letter in response to a California School District asking whether FERPA would require a school district to obtain a court order confirming that a subpoena has been "lawfully issued." 

Letter to advise Towson (MD) State University of partial finding in a student complaint alleging of a violation of rights under FERPA.

Letter in response to a request for opinion from the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service regarding the applicability of FERPA to the reporting requirements of the Hope Scholarship Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit. 

Letter in response to an inquiry from University of Maryland Medical Systems regarding whether the records of medical residents are protected by FERPA.

Letter responding to Yale University question of whether the University could disclose a former student's education records to the State's attorney to assist in the investigation and prosecution of the student.

Letter of finding addressing whether FERPA requires a school to provide a parent of an emancipated minor with access to the student's education records.

Letter responding to the National Student Clearinghouse inquiry on whether release of personally identifiable information from student education records to a proposed student loan "Clearinghouse" would violate FERPA.

Letter to Carol G. Dunham on whether medical residents and interns are "students" for the purposes FERPA.