Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) questions with correct answers

Directory information - correct answer Information which may be released without prior consent, FERPA requires that student's be notified annually of the types of information included in this category & be given an appropriate period in which to express in writing the preference for such information not to be released. Directory information is defined to include? - correct answer the student's name, address, telephone listing, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, and the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student. Define Educational Records as it pertains to the 1974 FERPA amendment, - correct answer "those records, files, documents, and other materials which contain information directly related to a student; and are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution." Prior to the 1974 FERPA included other items in the definition of "educational records" since then four categories have been excluded from the list of defining items - correct answer The Four categories of records that were excluded: 1) records in the sole possession of instructional, supervisory, and administrative personnel; 2) records of a law enforcement unit which are kept apart from "education records," are maintained solely for law enforcement purposes, and are not made available 2 to persons other than law enforcement officials of the same jurisdiction, provided that personnel of a law enforcement unit do not have access to "education records"; 3) records of employees who are not also in attendance; and 4) physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist treatment records for eligible students.