FERPA Training Exam
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.
When does FERPA allow the release of records without consent? -
Correct 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? -Correct 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
, Where does TCS post its Annual FERPA Notification and what TCS has
defined as Directory Information? -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ TCS
District Website - Departments - Technology - Student Privacy
At what age are the rights of FERPA transferred to the child? -Correct
Answer ✔ ✔ 18 or attends school beyond the high school level
How often does the school have to notify parents of FERPA? -Correct
Answer ✔ ✔ Annually
Can a list of students' health issues be distributed to teachers or other
staff with FERPA? -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ A school-wide distribution
violates FERPA. If individual staff or faculty members need to be
informed of a student's condition, that student requires an ECP
(emergency care plan) listing symptoms to be alert for and the
required response to those symptoms
When can schools share health information with other agencies
within their state? -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ 1) Abuse or neglect 2)
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.
When does FERPA allow the release of records without consent? -
Correct 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? -Correct 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
, Where does TCS post its Annual FERPA Notification and what TCS has
defined as Directory Information? -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ TCS
District Website - Departments - Technology - Student Privacy
At what age are the rights of FERPA transferred to the child? -Correct
Answer ✔ ✔ 18 or attends school beyond the high school level
How often does the school have to notify parents of FERPA? -Correct
Answer ✔ ✔ Annually
Can a list of students' health issues be distributed to teachers or other
staff with FERPA? -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ A school-wide distribution
violates FERPA. If individual staff or faculty members need to be
informed of a student's condition, that student requires an ECP
(emergency care plan) listing symptoms to be alert for and the
required response to those symptoms
When can schools share health information with other agencies
within their state? -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ 1) Abuse or neglect 2)
