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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Student education records are official and confidential documents protected by one of the nation’s strongest privacy protection laws, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). FERPA, also known as the Buckley Amendment, defines educational records as all records that schools maintain about students.

More information, in English – https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7690/urlt/0070103-ferpa.pdf

SOURCE ARTICLE:  Florida Department of Education