INTRODUCTION TO FERPA
The acronym FERPA stands for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C.
1232g, 34CFR§99), which Congress enacted in 1974. It is sometimes referred to as the
Buckley Amendment.
Faculty, staff, and administrative officers at ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ are required by FERPA to treat
education records in a legally specified manner. The Act specifies the institutional
penalties for violation of its stipulations, as well as procedures for providing student
access to and maintaining the privacy of student records. The University's more detailed
response to FERPA is printed yearly in theÌýStudent Policy PaperÌýunder the Student Records sections entitledÌýAccess to Records, Confidentiality of Student Records, Correction of Educational
Records, Cost, Directory Information, Maintenance of Records, Notification of Rights
Under FERPA, Procedures for Challenge, and Requesting a Transcript.
Please click below to download the PDF or to view the complete FERPA section.
FERPA [.pdf]
FERPA WAIVER INFORMATION
In accordance with FERPA, the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥) is prohibited
from releasing certain information from your student records to a third party, including
your parents, guardians, spouse, or sponsor. However, by voluntarily completing ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥â€™s
FERPA Waiver Form, you may grant ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ permission to release otherwise federally-protected information
to individuals you designate.
Things to know before you voluntarily file a FERPA waiver with ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ . . . .
• You will be asked to designate a maximum of two individuals with whom ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ representatives
may discuss information otherwise protected by FERPA.
• You will be asked to create a four-character FERPA code as part of the waiver process.
You must share the code with the individuals you designate, since they will be required
to provide the code in order to speak with a ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ representative about your information.
• The FERPA code applies only to your FERPA waiver. It will not gain access to any
other ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ program or software.
• Your FERPA waiver remains in effect as long as you are a student at ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ or until you rescind it by filing appropriate paperwork in the ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ Registrar’s Office.
Please click below to voluntarily file a FERPA waiver with ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥, and be sure to print
your form after you have submitted your waiver.
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Office of the Registrar
