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What does FERPA stand for? - Answer Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act What does FERPA protect? - Answer FERPA protects the confidentiality of student educational records How are FERPA and PII related? - Answer FERPA prevents the disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) without parent/guardian consent What does FERPA provide parents? - Answer FERPA provides parents certain rights to inspect and review the student's educational records maintained by the school What is considered PII? - 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? - 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. When does FERPA allow the release of records without consent? - Answer 1. School officials with legitimate educational interest 2) Other schools where the student is transferring 3) Audit 4) Financial Aid 5) Court Order 6) Juvenile system What can schools disclose without consent? - Answer Any data that has been identified as Directory information such as name, address, phone number, DOB, place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance