The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 helps protect the privacy of student records. The Act provides for the right to inspect and review educational records, to seek to amend those records and to limit disclosure of information from the records. The rights afforded by FERPA include:
Under the FERPA exception, the University may disclose education records, without a student’s prior written consent, to school officials with legitimate educational interests. An official is a person employed by the University in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person or company with whom the University has contracted as its agent to provide a service in lieu of using University employees or officials (such as an attorney, auditor or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing tasks.