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FERPA also permits a school to disclose personally identifiable information from education records of an "eligible student" (a student age 18 or older or enrolled in a postsecondary institution at any age) to his or her parents if the student is a dependent "student" as that term is defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Student educational records, according to the FERPA statute, is defined as "those records, files, documents, and other materials which--(i) contain information directly related to a student; and (ii) are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution." [4]
The court reaffirmed the department's broad reading of the term "educational records" and stated that Congress, in amending FERPA in 1998 to allow post-secondary institutions to disclose the final results of disciplinary proceedings, must have intended that disciplinary records be education records or this amendment would be "superfluous".
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Institutions may also disclose information to student guardians if the student is declared a depeneant for tax purposes (FERPA). Right to notice of information disclosures Under FERPA, schools may publish directory information, including the students name, address, phone number, date of birth, place of birth, awards, attendance dates or student ...
Waived student aid requirements for students serving in the military during a military conflict or national emergency. Pub. L. 108–76 (text) 2003 (No short title) Amended the Higher Education Act to modify the rules of the Federal Family Education Loan Program in regard to foreign medical schools. Pub. L. 108–98 (text) 2003
On February 19, 2002, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that peer grading does not violate FERPA. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the Court, explained that grades on student-graded papers are not "maintained" by an educational agency or institution at the time of grading and thus do not fall under FERPA's definition of education records.
With the rise of virtual education, COPPA may inadequately represent the role of administrators, teachers, and the school in protecting student privacy under the assumption of loco parentis. [69] Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook, expressed opposition to COPPA in 2011 and stated "That will be a fight we take on at some point. My ...