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FERPA is the Family Educational Rights and 隐私 Act and is a federal law that was enacted in 1974. FERPA保护学生教育记录的隐私. 所有接受联邦资助的教育机构都必须遵守FERPA.

如果你是一名学生，了解FERPA规定的权利对你来说很重要. If you're a parent, you'll need to understand how the law changes once your student enters College. 如果你是艾格尼丝·斯科特的雇员可以查看学生的教育记录, you're obligated to comply with FERPA and to protect those records according to the law.

FERPA赋予学生关于其教育记录的四项基本权利:

• 控制教育记录公开的权利
• 审查其教育记录的权利
• The right to request amendment of inaccurate or misleading portions of their education record
• The right to file a complaint regarding non-compliance of FERPA with the Family Policy Compliance Office of the U.S. 教育部

教育记录定义为记录, 文件, 文档, and other materials that contain information directly related to a student and are maintained by Agnes Scott or by a person acting for the College. 教育记录有多种形式，包括纸质和电子记录. 教育记录包括:

• 成绩
• 类列表/花名册
• 学生课程表
• 纪律记录
• 学生财务记录
• Payroll records for employees who are employed as a direct result of their status as students (e.g. 勤工俭学、住校助理、研究员)

下列记录不包括在教育记录的定义内:

• "Sole possession" records and notes made by faculty and staff for their own use as reference or memory aids and not shared with others
• 个人观察
• 大学执法记录
• 仅用于治疗该学生的医疗和心理健康记录
• 女校友记录
• 在老师记录成绩之前，同学们先给论文和考试打分

There are many offices at Agnes Scott that record comments and notes regarding students. 这些可以保存在一个系的学生档案中. It is important for anyone recording notes regarding an interaction with a student to understand that unless these notes fall into the category of "sole possession" records (see definition in question 5 above), 然后，它们将成为学生教育记录的一部分，并受FERPA的约束. Since FERPA gives the student the right to review any or all of his/her education record, 这些说明可列入该审查. 因此，重要的是，笔记或评论是事实和客观的.

It means that a student's education records may be disclosed only with the student's prior written consent. 事先书面同意必须:

• 指明要公布的纪录，并说明披露的目的
• Identify the party(ies) to whom disclosure may be made and be signed and dated by the student

是的，FERPA确实包含一些书面同意规则的例外情况. 这些例外允许在未经同意的情况下披露:

• To "School officials" (including third parties under contract) with legitimate educational interests
• 遵从司法命令或合法发出的传票
• To appropriate parties in a health or safety emergency in order to protect the student or others
• To parents in cases of drug or alcohol violation when the student is under the age of 21
• 发送给记录的提供者/创建者，以验证该记录的有效性(例如.g. (如怀疑欺诈)
• 给代表学院进行研究的机构, provided there is a written agreement between the College and the research organization
• To officials at an institution in which the student seeks or intends to enroll or is currently enrolled

"School officials" or "College officials" are College employees with general or specific responsibility for promoting the educational objectives of the College or third parties under contract with the College to provide professional, business and similar administrative services related to the College's educational mission. Individuals whose responsibilities place them within this category include instructors; faculty and academic advisers; admission counselors; employment placement personnel; deans, 部主席, 董事, and other administrative officials responsible for some part of the academic enterprise or one of the supporting activities; College Police personnel; health staff; development officers; staff in 女校友 Relations; administrative and faculty sponsors of officially recognized clubs, 组织, 等.; members, 包括学生和校友, of official College committees; staff personnel employed to assist College officials in discharging professional responsibilities; and persons or entities under contract to the College to provide a specific task or service related to the College's educational mission.

FERPA permits college employees to have access to student education records in which they have "legitimate educational interest.这种访问不需要事先得到学生的书面同意. 本质上, legitimate educational interest is necessary for employees to carry out their responsibilities in support of the College's educational mission. You can also think of legitimate educational interest as a "need to know" that is essential to carrying out your job responsibilities related to education. Student records should be used only in the context of official business in conjunction with the educational success of the student.

FERPA permits each institution to define a class of information as "directory information.FERPA允许在没有学生同意的情况下公开披露这些信息. 目录 information is that which is contained in a student's education record that would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed.

查看目录信息列表

No. 唯一需要披露的教育记录是学生. 所有其他披露, 包括那些与学生的同意和目录信息的披露, 是否由机构自行决定.

FERPA requires each institution to allow students to block disclosure of their directory information. Students may make the request in writing with the 注册商's office to block all or some directory items, 包括照片, 然后从OPD中抑制这些项目，并防止目录释放. However, a student may not be "anonymous" to other class members enrolled in the same class.