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    Mar 28, 2024  
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SS 4.0 - Student Records-FERPA :


SUMMARY/SCOPE
The guidelines of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) concerning information which becomes a part of a student’s permanent educational records and the conditions of its disclosure.

DESCRIPTION
The college shall establish and enforce guidelines which are in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) concerning the information which becomes a part of a student’s permanent educational records and governing the conditions of its disclosure. Except as otherwise indicted in the procedural guidelines, the college will not provide information contained in student educational records in response to inquiries from either within or without the college unless the expressed consent of the student has been given. Inquiries from relatives, other students, faculty, and staff, acting as private persons or members of extra-college groups or organizations, will be defined as coming from outside the college. Exception will be made in the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the educational records of a student to appropriate parties in connection with an emergency if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other individual.

GLOSSARY TERMS
FERPA

Student

 

RELATED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
SS 4.01pr Student Records-FERPA : Release of Student Information

SOURCE INFORMATION
(was) C 6.8.100 Student Records

(was) C 5.1.502 Student Records Content and Disclosure

Family Educational Rights and Privacy ACT (FERPA)

CONTENT OWNER. The primary responsibility for this policy belongs to:
Vice President for Student Services

PRIMARY CONTENT CONTRIBUTOR (Director/Dean)
Vice President for Student Services

REVIEW PERIOD
Three years.

REVIEW HISTORY
2015-Dec 16  Approved by President’s Cabinet

1983-Oct Adopted



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