{"id":6218,"date":"2012-09-26T02:25:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T07:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:26:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:26:39","slug":"what-do-ferpa-regulations-say-about-disclosing-student-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/what-do-ferpa-regulations-say-about-disclosing-student-records\/","title":{"rendered":"What do FERPA Regulations say about Disclosing Student Records?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/0925ferpa-regulations.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6220\" style=\"border: 4px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/0925ferpa-regulations.jpg\" alt=\"Ferpa regulations are strict on who can access students' information.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) has guidelines that need to be followed while disclosing information related to students. Teachers should keep FERPA regulations in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, the school must have written permission from a parent or eligible student before releasing any information from a student&#8217;s record. However, the law allows schools to disclose records, without consent, to the following parties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School employees who have a need-to-know.<\/li>\n<li>Other schools to which a student is transferring.<\/li>\n<li>Certain government officials in order to fulfill the law.<\/li>\n<li>Appropriate parties who provide financial aid to the student.<\/li>\n<li>Organizations doing studies for the school.<\/li>\n<li>Accrediting organizations.<\/li>\n<li>Individuals who have court orders or subpoenas to view the information.<\/li>\n<li>Persons who need information in case of health and safety emergencies.<\/li>\n<li>State and local authorities, within a juvenile justice system, pursuant to specific state laws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Learn More\u2026 Take this course:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/ethics-for-education-professionals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ethics for Education Professionals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discuss Here:<\/strong> How important is it for teachers to be aware of FERPA regulations?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) has guidelines that need to be followed while disclosing information related to students. Teachers should keep FERPA regulations in mind.<br \/>\nGenerally, the school must have written permission from a parent or eligible student before releasing any information from a student&#8217;s record. However, the law allows schools to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[607,336,673,608,142],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6218"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24603,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6218\/revisions\/24603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}