FERPA
Training
(Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act)
FERPA:
.what is it?
.directory information
.directory info. at UNT
.education records
Student Information:
.withhold directory info
Parent Information:
.parental rights
Faculty/ Staff Information:
.release without consent
.info student can not see
.compliance with the law
.questions on FERPA
.policy and notification
.failure to follow the law
.acknowledgment form
What is Directory or Public Information? " . . . information contained in an education record of a student which would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed." (1988 Final Regulations)Directory Information can NEVER include:
See University of North Texas Directory Information for those items that can be released.
- Social security number or
- Student identification number
- Race
- Ethnicity
- Nationality
- Gender
University of North Texas Directory Information
Can directory information be released to anyone who requests it?
- NO - If the student has requested that directory information be withheld, no information can be released
- outside of UNT except as provided by law.
- to anyone within UNT who does NOT have a need to know.
- YES - If the student has NOT requested that directory information be withheld.
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Last updated
December 22, 2004 |