Does FERPA prohibit education agencies and institutions from matching data on students with data from other agencies?
A. FERPA generally prohibits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from students education records to other federal and state agencies, without the consent of the parent or eligible student. However, FERPA does not prohibit an education agency or institution from receiving information from outside entities and conducting the data matching internally. While the education agency or institution may conduct internal matches, it may only disclose the results of the match in aggregate form, even to the agency that provided information for the match.
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- How do students access the web-based inventory and how do institutions pull this data into FastTrack. Where would the survey reside—on the institution’s server?
- What are the responsibilities of state education agencies for providing parents or eligible students access to education records?
- How does the Federal FERPA (Family Education Rights Privacy Act) apply to students enrolled in concurrent enrollment courses?
