FERPA TUTORIAL

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive federal funding.  Maryville College complies with FERPA, which is designed to protect the confidentiality of the records that educational institutions maintain on students and to give students access to their records to assure the accuracy of their contents.

Understanding Federal Law
Before accessing student educational records, carefully review the FERPA material presented in this site. Maintaining confidentiality of student educational records can be achieved by knowing a few basic requirements.

This FERPA Tutorial will help give you a basic understanding of the rules governing release of student information at Maryville College. Following the tutorial is a short quiz to test your understanding. Once completed, please fill out and submit the “Acknowledgement of Completion” form. All three steps are required.


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