Are those attending summer orientation considered “students” and are their orientation records covered under FERPA?
The KU Student Records Policy states that a “Student” “is or has attended the University of Kansas. Attendance is considered to begin on the announced first day of classes for the initial semester (Fall, Spring or Summer) for which a person is enrolled in one or more classes. However, once the student is in attendance, all such records that are directly related to a student and that are maintained by the University or by a party acting for the University will be considered “Education Records.” It should be noted that, “a person who has applied for admission to, but has never been in attendance at, a component unit of the University (such as the various schools and colleges of the University), even if that individual is or has been in attendance at another component unit of the University, is not considered to be a student with respect to the component to which an application for admission has been made.
