FERPA信息

什么是FERPA?

FERPA, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99), is a federal law that protects the privacy of 学生教育记录. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under 一项适用于美国的计划.S. 教育部.

FERPA protects the privacy of student educational 记录 and affords students the right to refuse to permit 威尼斯人app下载 (and other educational institutions) from releasing or disclosing any information about them.

Students have three fundamental rights under FERPA:

• Right to review and inspect education 记录.
• Right to request to amend education 记录.
• Right to limit 信息披露 of personally identifiable information contained in education 记录.

谁负责FERPA?

Educational institutions are required to develop policies for implementing appropriate FERPA的条文. At NMT, the Registrar is the steward of all current and former enrolled student academic 记录 and has been delegated the responsibility to ensure that information from education 记录 is released only to those individuals and 机构:

• Have a legitimate educational interest, or
• Have been granted legally authorized access.

At the federal level, the responsibility for administering FERPA has been assigned to the Family Compliance Office within the 教育部.

FERPA适用于谁?

At 威尼斯人app下载, FERPA applies to the education 记录 of:

• Persons who attend a postsecondary school (regardless of age) and
• All educational agencies or institutions receiving funds under any program administered 由美国.S. 教育部.

A student’s FERPA rights begin on their first day of class at 威尼斯人app下载.

什么是教育记录?

“Education 记录” mean 记录 that are maintained by 威尼斯人app下载 in any form 或格式(e).g. paper, electronic, digital image, film, video, audio tape), which contain information directly related 给一个学生 and are personally identifiable 给一个学生. Education 记录 do not include:

• Personal 记录 of school employees that are in the sole possession of the maker (i.e. notes of conversations), are used as a personal memory aid, and are not accessible or revealed to any individual except to a successor in the position held;
• Records of the NMT campus police department used for law enforcement purposes;
• Student medical and counseling 记录 maintained and used only in connection with the provision of medical treatment or counseling of the student and are made available only to the individuals providing the treatment;
• Employment 记录 unrelated to the student’s status as a student;
• Records created or received after an individual is no longer a student in attendance and that are not directly related to the individual’s attendance as a student (i.e. alumni 记录); or
• Grades on peer-graded papers before they are collected and recorded by a faculty member.

学生的权利是什么?

1. If you are a currently enrolled student or former student, you may inspect your educational 记录 by submitting an official request and obtaining an appointment to do so.  
2. You may challenge inaccuracies or misleading items.  然而，你不能挑战 the fairness of a grade under this provision.
3. Your record is not released without your 书面同意 except to 威尼斯人app下载 school officials with a legitimate educational interest.  学校官员是代理人 of the school in an administrative, supervisory, academic, research or support staff position; members of school committees, boards and/or councils; and persons under contract to the school to perform a specific task, such as an attorney or auditor.  School officials have a legitimate educational interest in accessing or reviewing a student’s educational 记录 if they are:  

• Performing a task that is specified in his/her position description or contract  
• Performing a task related 给一个学生’s education or to student discipline  
• Providing a service or benefit relating to the student or student’s family.  
• Maintaining safety and security on campus.  

Other exceptions are to comply with a judicial order, or in an emergency involving the health or safety of a student or other person.  

1. When a record is released, the recipient is notified by 纳米科技 that the record may 不能透露给第三方. 
2. With the exception of 信息披露s to school officials, a record is kept of 信息披露s of personally identifiable information for which the student has not given written 同意. 

When can a student’s education 记录 be disclosed without the student’s 同意?

The general rule is that NMT may not disclose personally identifiable information from a student’s education 记录 to a third party unless the student has provided 书面同意. However, there are several exceptions which may permit the school to disclose personally identifiable information from education 记录 without 同意. Some of the more commonly invoked exceptions are described 下面:

学生名录信息

One exception permits the school to disclose a student’s personally identifiable information when the information is properly designated as “directory information.“目录 information is information that would not generally be considered harmful nor an invasion 隐私被披露. At 威尼斯人app下载, student directory information is defined as:

• 名字
• 学号
• Address
• 电话号码
• 出席日期
• Class
• 先前的直觉也起作用了
• 主修领域
• Awards and honors (includes honor roll)
• Degree(s) conferred (including dates)

You have the right to withhold the 信息披露 of directory information.  任何请求 for such information from non-Tech persons or organizations will be refused. 纳米科技 will honor your request to withhold directory information but cannot assume responsibility to contact you for subsequent permission to release it. 不管对…的影响 you, 纳米科技 assumes no liability for honoring your instructions that directory information 被扣留.  Should you wish for your directory information to 被扣留, please complete the following form and return it to the Registrar’s Office.

Request to Withhold 目录 Information

释放给学校官员

A second exception is that the school may release personally identifiable information from 学生教育记录 without the student’s 同意 to school officials who have a legitimate educational interest to access the 记录. FERPA权利则没有 supersede the financial obligation of a student, former NMT的学生或校友. Requests for official transcripts will 被扣留 until all financial obligations 支付. “学校官员”指:

• An employee, agent or officer of the school acting in his or her official capacity;
• A person serving on school committees, boards, and/or councils, including an individual serving on a disciplinary or grievance committee;
• Another educational institution that requests 记录 for a particular student who seeks or intends to enroll or where the student is already enrolled provided the 信息披露 is for purposes related to the student’s enrollment or transfer; and
• A person or company with whom the school has contracted (e.g. 实习及临床 facilities, attorney, auditor, or collection agent) but limited to only the specific student information needed to fulfill the contract. 缔约实体受约束 to follow FERPA regulations for control, maintenance, use and re-信息披露 of the 向委员会提供的资料.

“Legitimate educational interest,” means the school official is performing an authorized task or an activity within their scope of authority on behalf of NMT, and access to an educational record is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the school official’s professional responsibilities for the school.

额外的异常

FERPA contains some additional exceptions, including, but not limited to, those listed 下面. FERPA权利则没有 supersede the financial obligation of a student, former NMT的学生或校友. Requests for official transcripts will 被扣留 until all financial obligations 支付. Depending upon the exception, the institution may be required to make a reasonable attempt to notify the student in advance when 寻求教育记录(e).g. subpoenas) and/or to permanently notate in the educational record the details relating to a nonconsensual 信息披露 permitted by 一个例外.

• 信息披露 to another school in which the student seeks or intends to enroll;
• 信息披露 in connection with financial aid for which the student has applied or w which the student has received, if necessary for certain purposes outlined in the 行为;
• 信息披露 to appropriate parties, including parents, in connection with a health 或安全突发事件;
• 信息披露 to certain authorized representatives of the Comptroller General or the Attorney General of the USA, the U.S. Secretary of Education, state and local educational authorities for audit or evaluation of federal or state supported education programs, or for the enforcement of or compliance with federal legal requirements that relate 这些项目;
• 信息披露 to comply with a judicial order or a lawfully issued subpoena;
• 信息披露 致受害者 of an alleged perpetrator of a crime of violence or a non-forcible sex offense concerning the final results of a disciplinary hearing with respect to the alleged crime, and 信息披露 对任何第三方 the final results results (limited to name, violation and sanction) of a disciplinary proceeding related to a crime of violence of non-forcible sex offense if the student who is the alleged perpetrator is found to have violated the school’s rules or policies.

信息保护

Additionally, until repealed or amended, guidance relating to administrative, technical and physical security of data is identified in the 书面资讯保安 & 隐私政策.

What should I do if I become aware of a FERPA violation?

If you inadvertently disclose protected student data, or suspect someone else has, 你应该立即发邮件 registrar@volamdolong.com and provide a description of the situation.