The 家庭教育权利和隐私法 (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. 这些权利是:
1. The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day the University receives a request for access. Students should submit to Enrollment Services/Office of the Registrar written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The University Registrar will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the Enrollment Services/Office of the Registrar, 请求是在哪里提交的, the University Registrar shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
2. The right to request the amendment of any of the student’s education records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading. Students may ask the University to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the University official responsible for the record, 清楚地指出他们想要更改的记录部分, 并说明为什么它不准确或具有误导性. If the University decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the University will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
3. The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is defined as a person employed by the University in an administrative, 监督, 学术, or support staff position (including the law enforcement unit and health staff); a person or company with whom the University has contracted (such as an attorney, 审计师, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a person assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility.
4. 向美国政府提出申诉的权利.S. 教育部 concerning alleged failures by the University to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
The name and address of the office that administers FERPA is:
家庭政策遵从处
U.S. 教育部
马里兰大道400号，西南
华盛顿特区20202-4605
At 利记sbo the following information is considered Directory Information about a student: dates of attendance, 主修领域, 类级别, 所获学位及奖项, 预计获得学位日期, and confirmation that the student is enrolled (enrollment status).
In accordance with the provisions of the 家庭教育权利和隐私法 (FERPA), this Directory Information can be released to the general public and may be listed in the campus directory, 如果有人发表了. Students may withhold this information from being released by completing the Student Request for Non-Disclosure Form. 通过填写此表格, students are requesting that information NOT be released to non-university personnel nor listed in the campus directory, 如果有人发表了, 一年. This request remains in effect until removed by the student. Please note that in compliance with federal regulations there are situations in which particular information may be released, 出示官方文件后, 到指定状态, 当地的, 或者政府机构.
Students should consider carefully the impact of their decision to request confidential status. 这意味着在提交表单之后, requests for this information from non-university persons or organizations will be refused. 朋友 or relatives trying to reach a student will not be able to do so through the University; the student’s name will not appear in the printed Commencement program; information that the student is enrolled at Lawrence Tech will be suppressed, 如果是一家贷款公司, 未来的雇主, 家庭成员, 等., 询问学生的情况, they will be informed that there is no record of the student’s attendance.
Lawrence Tech will honor the student’s request to withhold this information but cannot assume responsibility for contacting the student for subsequent permission to release the Directory Information. 不管对学生有什么影响, 利记sbo assumes no liability as a result of honoring the student’s instructions that this information be withheld. Once a student has designated a confidential classification, it will be removed after one year. If a student wishes the classification removed prior to then, the student should submit a signed authorization requesting that it be removed. This authorization form is available in Enrollment Services/Office of the Registrar.