Speaker Name(s): Becky Wauthier
Description: Please join staff from the Registrar's office to review the basics of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, otherwise known as FERPA. In 1974, federal law was enacted, in part, to protect the right of students to have an accurate educational record, protected from disclosure without their permission, and otherwise accessed only by school officials with a legitimate educational need to see the data. This law, known as FERPA, forms the basis for UIUC policies now in place, such as: an annual notification to students of their FERPA rights, which explains how they can inspect or correct their educational record, gives lists of data custodians of student record information, differentiates between public data (i.e., “directory information”) and confidential data, and instructs students how to suppress the release of public information. Every school official who has access to the student record, including such information as: UIN, grades, class rosters, demographic information, admission information, test scores, scholarship/ financial aid information, or student photos needs an understanding of this law and how it impacts their use of student data.