🔐 Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) 📁 | Family Engagement Series: Lesson 47

🔑 Understanding FERPA: Your Rights Regarding Your Child's Educational Records
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) offers crucial protections for the privacy and management of students' educational records. Our latest "Public Schools Unlocked" video provides an in-depth look at these rights and how parents can actively use them to support their child's education.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
1. Rights to Access Educational Records: Parents have the right to inspect and review any educational records maintained by the school concerning their child, which can be pivotal in understanding academic progress and challenges.
2. Rights to Correct Records: Learn how to request corrections to information in the educational records that you believe is inaccurate or misleading.
3. Privacy Protections: Understand your rights to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in your child's educational records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
Key Steps for Parents:
1. Requesting Records: How to formally request access to your child’s educational records from the school district’s records department.
2. Understanding Exceptions: Recognize the circumstances under which your child's records can be disclosed without your consent to authorized school officials for legitimate educational purposes.
3. Transfer of Rights: Rights under FERPA transfer from parents to the student once they reach the age of 18 or attend a postsecondary institution.
Why This Matters: FERPA provides essential tools for parents to engage proactively in their child's education, ensuring they have the necessary information to support and advocate for their child effectively.
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