FERPA

We received two grant applications for projects involving the digitization of high school student newspapers/magazines. The schools have given permission for these materials to be made available on a historic resource-focused, free database.

It took me 4 cups of coffee to figure out how to reply to this question!  And it’s not because I didn’t know the answer. 

FERPA is the “Family Rights Privacy Act.”  It bars disclosure of students’ “education records.”

“Education records” (like grades, disciplinary reports, attendance) are defined by FERPA as records:

We have a question that relates to the intersection of New York state level library privacy laws (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/4509) and FERPA.

Depression.  Burn-out. Dissatisfaction. Lack of connection.  Lack of money. Lack of parking.

These are just some of the reasons students give when they choose to leave—or are forced to leave—their college or university before graduating.