FERPA

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. Learn more about FERPA at IU.

A few key components of the law include:

College students must be permitted to inspect their own education records
Once a student begins attending a university, the rights transfer from the parents having the right to inspect and review a student's record to the college student.
School officials may not disclose personally identifiable information about students, nor permit inspection of their records, without written permission from the student, unless such action is covered by exceptions permitted by the Act. A notable exception is disclosing information to school officials determined by the institution to have a legitimate educational interest.

NOTE: Faculty and academic advisors CANNOT share information about your private, FERPA-protected educational records with anyone other than you, except in exceptional circumstances or with your written approval. Faculty are permitted and encouraged to communicate with other social work faculty to facilitate student success.

Learn more about how you can restrict your information or share your information.