FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act General Rule, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act  General Rule, Personally Identifiable Student records are confidential and must not be disclosed without consent  When is student data personally identifiable?

 Contains directly identifying or specifically prohibited data;  Contains enough info that a reasonable person in the school community with no knowledge of the circumstances could identify the student with reasonable certainty; or  Targeted request

DIRECTLY IDENTIFIABLE OR PROHIBITED ELEMENTS

• Student’s name
• Parents’ names
• Family Members’ names
• Address of Student or Family
• Personal identifiers such as SS#, Student #, or

biometric record

• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth
• Mother’s Maiden Name

ADDITIONAL MASKING REQUIRED

• Even if a record contains no directly

identifiable data and no prohibited elements, it may be personally identifiable.

• Standard = Whether a reasonable person in

the school community without knowledge of the relevant circumstances would be able to identify the individual student with reasonable certainty.