EDUCAUSE | Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports and FERPA

Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy

ckeller — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:24:28 -0500

The President directed top officials at the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services to participate in a federal review of the broad questions raised by the shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech.

This report is a review of their findings and includes recommended actions the federal government can take to support state and local communities and ensure that the federal government and federal law are not obstacles to achieving these goals.

Letter to University of Wisconsin-River Falls re: Student Account Identifiers

drupal — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:15:46 -0600

A letter outlining the FERPA rule on electronic IDs. The letter states that there is nothing wrong with schools releasing electronic IDs as long as (a) they're not derived from SSNs, and (b) they can't be used without additional authentication (such as a password) to acquire personal information about the student.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - Final Regulations

drupal — Mon, 03 May 2004 16:08:32 -0500

The U.S. Department of Education has published Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations to provide schools with flexible standards for accepting "signed and dated written consent" in electronic format. The regulations are effective May 21, 2004.

Bates College v. Congregation Beth Abraham, et al. (Sup. Ct. Me. Feb. 18, 2001)

drupal — Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:59:59 -0600

In February 2001, a Superior Court in Maine held that emails generated outside normal academic exercises by members of the Bates Jewish Cultural Community (JCC) student organization to JCC's faculty advisor are protected as private and confidential records under the Family and Educational and Privacy Rights Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232).