Question: What are the basic rights of a student under FERPA?
Answer: Under FERPA, students have the following rights to:
• Inspect and review their educational record (all parts, except parent financial data and letters of recommendation for which they have waived the right to see);
• Request an amendment to the record that they believe is inaccurate, misleading, or a
violation of his or her privacy rights, and to request a hearing if request to amend is not granted;
• Consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information (with several exceptions);
• Know what the University has designated as public/directory information, and the right to request suppression of their public/directory information;
• Know that school officials may access their records and the criteria used in determining the legitimate need to know the information;
• File a complaint with the Family Policy Compliance Office in the U.S. Department of Education
All enrolled students are informed of these rights yearly via an email sent to their University assigned email address.
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