FERPA Agreement

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

The Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law regarding the privacy of student records and the obligations of the institution, primarily in the areas of release of the records and the access to these records. Any educational institution that receives funds under any program administered by the U.S. Secretary of Education is bound by FERPA requirements. Institutions that fail to comply with FERPA may have funds administered by the Secretary of Education withheld. 

Directory Information

Directory information is a student’s information that may be released without the consent of the student. Directory information includes the following:

• Name

• Fields of study, including major and minor

• Enrollment status (actual hours enrolled, undergraduate, graduate, etc.)

• Type of award received (academic, technical, continuing education, etc.)

• Dates of attendance

• Student classification

• Name of the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended

• Telephone number

• Active, local and permanent addresses

• Weight and height of athletes

• Participation in officially recognized activities and sports

• Names of prospective graduates

• Names of parents

• Photographs of students, and

• Any other records that could be treated as directory information under FERPA

What information of a student’s record may I not release?

The lists include, but are not limited to, the following:

• You may not share protected course materials which include class discussions or any record that may reveal a student's identity to others outside the class. This includes sharing class recordings which reveal a students' identities with future classes.

What information of a student’s record may I release?

The lists include, but are not limited to, the following:

• You may release information from a student's education records without the student’s written consent to other school officials at ACC with legitimate educational interests in the records and to the parents of a dependent student.

• You may share class recordings that include class discussions or which reveal a students' identities with members of the class only.  

Now that you have read the FERPA guidelines, please follow the directions on this Google Form:

 Submit FERPA Agreements here!