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What are Education Records?
With limited exceptions, FERPA applies to all records about a student that are maintained by or for an educational institution. These education records encompass more than just academic records. They can include records of a student's:
- personal information (e.g., social security or student number)
- enrollment records
- grades
- class schedules
- disciplinary records
- any formally graded work (graded by the professor), examples include: assignments, papers, exams
The storage media in which you find this information does not matter. A student education record may be:
- an official document on file in a college office
- a computer printout from an office
- a class list
- data stored in a college maintained information system
- an email message
Generally, written permission must be obtained from a student before releasing an education record with some exceptions. One exception applies to a student's directory information.
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