FERPA questions with correct answers

What does FERPA stand for? - correct answer Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act What does FERPA protect? - correct answer FERPA protects the confidentiality of student educational records How are FERPA and PII related? - correct answer FERPA prevents the disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) without parent/guardian consent What does FERPA provide parents? - correct answer FERPA provides parents certain rights to inspect and review the student's educational records maintained by the school What is considered PII? - correct answer A student's legal name, the name of the student's parent or other family members, SSN, State Student ID Number, Health/Biometric Information, address of student or student's family, other indirect identifiers such as DOB, POB, mother's maiden name,etc., and other information that would allow re-identification of a student. Is the school required to provide FERPA copies to the parent? - correct answer Schools are not required to provide unofficial copies of records unless, it's a great distance, impossible for the parents or eligible student to get there. Schools may charge for a copy. Schools are not required to provide official copies.