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Re: [Phys-L] Fwd: FERPA



From http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/faq.html#q5:


5. If I am a parent of a college student, do I have the right to see my child's education records, especially if I pay the bill?
As noted above, the rights under FERPA transfer from the parents to the
student, once the student turns 18 years old or enters a postsecondary
institution at any age. However, although the rights under FERPA have
now transferred to the student, a school may disclose information from
an "eligible student's" education records to the parents of the student, without the student's consent, if the student is a dependent for tax
purposes. Neither the age of the student nor the parent's status as a
custodial parent is relevant. If a student is claimed as a dependent by either parent for tax purposes, then either parent may have access
under this provision. (34 CFR § 99.31(a)(8).)
 
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From: brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>
To: phys-l@mail.phys-l.org
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 2:14 PM
Subject: [Phys-L] Fwd: FERPA

So when Z Wurman says "...FERPA does not prohibit parents from being given info about their children, even after 18..." in his usual direct manner, he means "...FERPA *does* prohibit parents from being given info about their children, even after 18, unless there is an explicit written, signed agreement from the student on file to that effect...". Have I grasped the nubbin of the response now, Dan?
Brian W

On 2012, Jul 12, , at 12:06, Zeev Wurman wrote:
As long as the child is a dependent on parental tax return FERPA does not
prohibit parents from being given info about their children, even after 18.

Some colleges take a defensive posture and put obstacles in front of such
parents. Others don't.
Sent via BlackBerry And On 2012, Jul 12, ,

at 11:33, Daniel L Macisaac wrote:

Yup, it's called FERPA. Parents get to trust what their kids tell them,
and if helicopter parents don't consider their own children trustworthy,
such parents commence reaping what they have sown.

Yes, the last I heard responsibility is bi-directional. e.g. a parent must support a child's ed. to the child's ability and the parent's wealth. i.e. a well to do parent must pay the tuition to Harvard, OTOH the child must obey reasonable (as defied in the particular court case) demands by the parents. I've forgotten to what age. bc thinks the college is in loco parentis. By far the most common usage of in loco parentis relates to teachers and students. For hundreds of years, the English common-law concept shaped the rights and responsibilities of public school teachers: until the late nineteenth century, their legal authority over students was as broad as that of parents. Changes in U.S. education, concurrent with a broader reading by courts of the rights of students, began bringing the concept into disrepute by the 1960s. Cultural changes, however, brought a resurgence of the doctrine in the twenty-first century. In loco parentis legal definition of
In loco parentis. In loco parentis synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.



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