Student privacy training
FERPA and student privacy
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act governs how student education records may be handled, shared, and disclosed. This self-paced training covers what the law protects, what it asks of you day to day, and how to recognise the situations where getting it wrong carries real consequences.
Completing the training earns a certificate suitable for your personnel and professional-development records.
What you'll learn
- · What FERPA protects, and which institutions it binds
- · What counts as an education record — and what doesn't
- · Directory information, and how a student's opt-out works
- · School officials and “legitimate educational interest”
- · When you may disclose without consent, and when you may not
- · The rights of parents and of eligible students
- · What to do when a record is disclosed in error
Self-paced, with a knowledge check after each section and a post-test at the end. You can pause and resume at any time.