Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their Education Records. They include:

• The right to inspect and review their own Education Records;
• The right to request amendment of their own Education Records;
• The right to consent to disclosure of information from their Education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent; and
• The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures to comply with FERPA.

The College’s complete policy regarding compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act can be found in the centralized policy manual under policy C1 (https://www.sunyocc.edu/node/17536)