By Audience: Early Childhood Educators
The resources on this page are intended for staff and educators of Early Childhood programs or institutions. Resources found here address the unique challenge of applying FERPA to the early childhood setting.
Letters
Letter to Tazewell County (VA) School Board re: Unauthorized Access to Education Record Systems
Reponse to the Tazewell County, Virginia School Board regarding a plan for a shared computer network which would potentially allow electronic student educational records to be accessed by persons or entities not employed by the school system.
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Letter to North Dakota Assistant Attorney General Regarding Matching Education and Employment Records - June 2005
Letter regarding the applicability of FERPA to the SEA redisclosing personally identifiable information from students' education records to an outside entity for matching purposes.
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Letter re: conflict between Nevada law and FERPA
The letter to the Clark County School District regarding potential conflict between Nevada law regarding the release of certain education records to the Clark County Child Death Review Team.
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Letter to University of North Alabama re: Disability Office Records
Letter in response to the University of North Alabama regarding the applicability of the FERPA to records maintained by its Office of Developmental Services.
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Letter to parent re:disclosure of education records to outside legal counsel
Letter in response to a parent complaint alleging a School District violated the parent's FERPA rights.
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Letter to AACRAO re: SEVIS and Disclosures to DHS/ICE
Letter to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars about the applicability of FERPA to disclosures to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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Letter to Parent re: Disclosure of Education Records to Stepparents
Letter in response to a parent complaint, alleging a School District violated the parent's FERPA rights.
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Letter to Parent re: Amendment of Special Education Records
Letter responding to a parent requesting guidance on provisions in FERPA that govern a parent's opportunity to seek amendment of the education records of a special education student.
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Letter to Northern Lebanon School District re: Disclosure of Education Records on Postcards
Letter to Northern Lebanon School District providing notification of a parent's complaint of a violation of FERPA rights.
FERPA Final Regulations Relating to Electronic Consent and Signature
This excerpt from the Federal Register provide general guidelines for accepting “signed and dated written consent” under FERPA in electronic form.