Tuesday, November 21, 2006

FERPA vs. Human Nature

Occasionally a student may get into trouble at school. If the trouble involves another student often parents want to know the fate of the other student. When that happens Mr. Leaver or I end up disappointing the parent. We let the parent know that we can't share the information on the other student because of FERPA.

FERPA sets out requirements designed to protect the privacy of parents and students. In brief, the law requires a school district to:

  1. Provide a parent access to their child's educational records.
  2. Provide a parent an opportunity to seek correction of records he/she believes to be inaccurate or misleading.
  3. With some exceptions, obtain the written permission of a parent before disclosing information contained in the student's educational record.
Unfortunately for human nature the discipline of the other student is part of the educational record. Parents often find this frustrating and all can hope is that they try to understand.

posted by MiddleSchoolPrincipal @ 8:41 PM

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