Check your FERPA knowledge (Staff version)

Select the types of media that can be considered to be part of a education record  (Assuming that record is directly related to a student). Select all that apply.

A faculty member emails a staff person to discuss performance of a current student. Can this email conversation be requested as part of a student FERPA request?

A former student has the same right to inspect and review his or her record as a student that is currently enrolled at the university.

Faculty and staff have the right to inspect any education record of any student.

An instructor in a department asks the department’s administrative staff to provide all records on a specific student. Which action best describes compliance with FERPA?

The posting of student grades on a office door is allowed if only the last four digits of a Social Security identifier is used and no student names are posted on the grade sheet.

When do the FERPA rights of an individual begin at UW? (Hint: select 2)

An individual arrives in your office claiming to be the parent of a student. The individual states that due to a recent phone conversation they believe their child to be suicidal and is demanding the student’s current mailing address. The student has restricted the release of his directory information. Can the student’s address be disclosed to the parent?

An instructor needs to send his class grades to a departmental coordinator. What is the most secure method of transmitting those grades?