Handling Information (Confidentiality)

As a public institution, a vast majority of the information we work with is open and available to interested parties. However, some items, such as student records and personnel files, are confidential. The maintenance, dissemination and protection of confidential records is required by federal and state laws such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and the Health Information Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) laws. Other information, although public, may be sensitive to proper dissemination. If you work with such information, you are expected to keep this confidential and not share the information with unauthorized persons. If you have a question, ask your supervisor.

If you are contacted by a law enforcement official requesting employee records, please direct that person to the Board Secretary in the President’s Office. Law enforcement requests for student records should be referred to the Registrar.