Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. A federal law protecting rights of parents regarding their child's records, limiting access to outsiders, and establishing procedures to challenge or correct false enforcement.
Another name for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). This legislation protects the privacy of educational records, establishes students' rights to inspect their records, provides guidelines for correcting inaccurate or misleading data through informal and formal hearings, and permits students to file complaints with the FERPA office concerning alleged failures of the institution to comply with the Act. Penn abides by the Buckley Amendment, which also applies to student information published electronically, such as e-mail addresses.
The Buckley Amendment is federal legislation that gives individuals and their parents or guardians access to information, including the results of standardized tests.
an amendment to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974,which gave students the right to review their university records (references, in the case of the placement office), that were received or created after January 1, 1975
(a.k.a. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 [FERPA]) gives parents and majority students (over 18) the right to see, revise, and control access to school records
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), which guarantees that students have the right of access to inspect and review any and all official records, files, documents, and other materials created during the period the individual was enrolled as a student at the institution. With limited exceptions, no personally identifiable information from the educational records of a student may be disclosed to any third party by an official or employee of the institution without the written consent of the student.