Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - 1996

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1996 (FERPA) is meant to protect student education records.  The three most important parts to it include parents (for students under 18) and eligible students (students who are over the age of 18) have the right to investigate any education records from their school, ask for any changes that they deem incorrect in the education records pertaining to them and receive written permission from from parents or eligible students to release any of their education records. 


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