Which act violates the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)?
Which act violates the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)?
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) protects the privacy of student education records and generally requires written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student's education record. Option A describes a scenario where a student's signed essay is obtained by a K-12 assessment vendor from the school for public release. This release of the student's personal educational record (the essay) without direct consent from the student or parent could constitute a violation of FERPA. Although the essay is being used as an exemplar, such usage still requires proper authorization.
The act that violates the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is: C. A newspaper prints the names, grade levels, and hometowns of students who made the quarterly honor roll. FERPA protects the privacy of students' educational records and generally prohibits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from those records without the student's consent. Options A, B, and D do not necessarily violate FERPA. Option A involves the use of a student's essay with permission. Option B involves public directory information, which can be disclosed under FERPA. Option D involves a potential law enforcement action and is not directly related to educational records disclosure.
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FERPA -The statute generally prevents schools from divulging education record information, such as grades and behaviour, to parties other than the student without that student’s consent • B. A university posts a public student directory that includes names, hometowns, e-mail addresses, and majors “Directory information” is broadly defined by FERPA to include information that would not generally be considered an invasion of privacy or harmful if disclosed • D. University police provide an arrest report to a student’s hometown police, who suspect him of a similar crime The term education record has several important exceptions. The following record is not considered education records under FERPA: • Campus police records created and maintained by school campus police for law enforcement purposes