FERPA Tutorial 1

FERPA stands for Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (sometimes called the Buckley Amendment). Passed by Congress in 1974, the Act grants four specific rights to the adult student:

  • the right to see the information that the institution is keeping on the student
  • the right to seek amendment to those records and in certain cases append a statement to the record
  • the right to consent to disclosure of his/her records
  • the right to file a complaint with the FERPA Office in Washington

Contact Information:

March 12th, 2013 by Kara


Offices of the Dean of Student Affairs and

Student Conduct & Community Standards

Speare  Building – 3rd Floor
Room 303

17 High Street – MSC 4B
Plymouth, NH 03264
Phone: 603-535-2206
Fax: 603-535-3006

Office Hours:
Monday-Friday
8-12 and 1-4:30

 

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