FERPA Information

的 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. 法律 适用于所有接受美国政府资助项目资助的学校.S. Department of Education.

FERPA赋予父母关于子女教育记录的某些权利. 这些权利在学生年满18岁或入学时转移给学生 a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."

家长或符合条件的学生有权对学生的教育情况进行检查和复查 records maintained by the school. 学校 are not required to provide copies of records 除非,由于距离太远等原因,父母不可能或不符合条件 students to review the records. 学校 may charge a fee for copies.

家长或符合条件的学生有权要求学校更正记录 which they believe to be inaccurate 或有误导性. If the school decides not to amend 记录,家长或符合条件的学生有权进行正式听证会. 听证会结束后,如果学校仍然决定不修改记录,家长 或符合条件的学生有权提出一份声明与记录设定 his or her view about the contested information.

一般来说,学校必须有家长或符合条件的学生的书面许可 in order to release any information from a student's education record. 然而,FERPA 允许学校在未经同意的情况下向以下各方披露这些记录 or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31):

  • School officials with legitimate educational interest
  • Other schools to which a student is transferring
  • Specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes
  • Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student
  • 组织 conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school
  • Accrediting organizations
  • To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena
  • Appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies
  • 州和地方当局,在少年司法系统内,根据具体 州法律.

学校可以在未经同意的情况下披露诸如学生的“目录”信息 姓名,地址,电话号码,出生日期和地点,荣誉和奖励,日期 出席的. However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory 并让家长和符合条件的学生有合理的时间去了解 request that the school not disclose directory information about them. 学校必须 notify parents and eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA. 实际的 通知方式(特别信函、列入家长教师联会公报、学生手册、 or newspaper article) is left to the discretion of each school.

For more information about FERPA, visit the United States Department of Education Web site.

Student Rights Under FERPA

家庭教育权利和隐私法案(FERPA)为杰克逊维尔的学生提供 University certain rights with respect to their education records. 的se rights include:

  1. 的 right to inspect and review the student's education records.

    学生应向教务长、院长、系主任或其他适当的人提交 official, a written request that identifies the record(s) they wish to inspect. 的 学校官方将在申请当天的45天内安排访问 学校收到访问请求,并通知学生访问的时间和地点 where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the University 向其提交申请的官员,该官员应告知学生 of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.

  2. 学生有权要求修改其教育记录 believes is inaccurate 或有误导性.

    学生可以要求学校修改他们认为不准确的记录 或有误导性. 的y should write the University official responsible for the record, 清楚地标识他们想要更改的记录部分,并说明更改的原因 inaccurate 或有误导性.

    如果学校决定不按学生的要求修改记录,则 大学将通知学生决定,并通知学生他的或他的 her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information 有关听证程序将在通知学生后提供 the right to a hearing.

  3. 有权同意披露所包含的个人身份信息 在学生的教育记录中,除非FERPA授权披露 without consent.

    允许在未经同意的情况下披露的一个例外是向学校官员披露 with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the 在大学中担任行政、监督、学术或研究或支持人员 职位(包括公共安全人员和学生健康人员),个人或 与大学签订合同的公司(如律师、审计员、托收人) agency, and the National Student Clearinghouse); a person serving on the Board of Directors; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or 申诉委员会,或协助其他学校官员履行其职责 任务.

    一般来说,学校必须有学生的书面许可才能释放学生 any information from a student's education record. 然而,FERPA allows schools to 在未经同意的情况下,向以下各方或根据以下规定披露这些记录 conditions: school officials with legitimate educational interest; other schools to which a student is requesting transfer or enrollment; specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes; appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student; organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school; accrediting organizations; to comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena; appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies

    FERPA允许大学在没有书面通知的情况下披露目录信息 consent of the student. 目录 information is information contained in an education 学生的记录,一般不会被认为是有害的或侵犯 of privacy if disclosed. 目录 information includes the student's full name, the 事实,学生是或已经注册全日制/兼职身份,本地和 永久住址、电邮地址、电话号码、出生日期及地点、 出勤日期,年级(学校或学院),班级,主要学习领域 和/或课程、获得的学位和奖项、参与的官方认可 活动和运动,运动队成员的体重和身高,照片, and previous educational agency or institution attended by the student.

    当前注册的学生可以要求不发布任何或所有目录信息 by contacting the 注册商’s Office. Such submission of this request shall be honored 在提出请求的剩余期限内,但上述限制除外 已公布或者正在公布的目录信息不适用 发表.

  4. 的 right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by Jacksonville University to comply with requirements of FERPA.

    的 name and address of the office that administers FERPA are:

    Family Policy Compliance Office
    U.S. Department of Education
    600 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, DC 20202-4605

For more information about FERPA, visit the United States Department of Education Web site.