FERPA regulations require that local education agencies provide parents and currently enrolled eligible students with annual notification of their rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), as set out in 34 CFR § 99.7.

Core requirement

  • Local education agencies must give annual notice to parents and eligible students about their rights under FERPA.
  • The regulation that establishes this requirement is 34 CFR § 99.7, which specifies what the annual notification must include.

What rights must be in the notice?

The annual FERPA notice must explain that parents and eligible students have the right to:

  • Inspect and review the student’s education records.
  • Request amendment of records they believe are inaccurate or misleading.
  • Consent (or refuse consent) to most disclosures of personally identifiable information from education records.
  • File a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education over alleged FERPA violations.

How the notice can be delivered

  • Agencies are not required to notify each person individually, but must use methods “reasonably likely” to inform parents and eligible students (e.g., handbook, website, newsletters, calendars, local newspaper).
  • Agencies must also take steps to effectively inform individuals with disabilities and those whose primary language is not English.

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