FERPA

什么是FERPA?

FERPA is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and it is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.  The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. 教育部.  One purpose of FERPA is to protect the privacy of information concerning individual students by placing restrictions on the disclosure of information contained in an individual student's educational record.  FERPA provides students certain rights with respect to their educational records.  This means that access to your information is limited to yourself and authorized individuals. 

FERPA赋予学生哪些权利?

  • 检查、审查其教育记录的权利.
  • The right to request the amendment of their education records to ensure that they are not inaccurate misleading or otherwise in violation of their privacy or other rights.
  • The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in their education records, 除非FERPA在未经同意的情况下授权披露.  FERPA permits disclosures without consent to “school officials” with “legitimate educational interests.”  “School officials” include university employees (including law enforcement unit and health personnel); agents of the University (such as an attorney or collection agent); or individuals, 包括学生, serving on official committees or assisting a school official perform his/her tasks.  A school official has a “legitimate educational interest” if the official needs to review an education record to fulfill his/her professional responsibility.  要求, the University discloses education records without consent to officials of another school in which a student seeks to enroll.  加州州立大学, 富勒顿指定了一个学生的名字作为“目录”信息, 出生日期和地点, 永久及本地地址, 大学认可的电子邮件地址, 照片, 电话号码, 类级别, 注册状态, 主要, 小, 出席日期, 所获学位及奖项, 曾就读的教育机构, 过去和现在参加的公认的活动, 如果是运动队成员,体重和身高.  除非受到学生的限制, the campus may release Directory information at any time to any requesting party, including the military and for the development of university-affiliated marketing programs.  Students may choose to limit the release of their Directory information in one of four ways:
      1. 允许为任何目的发布所有目录信息.  该学生无需采取进一步行动.
      2. 只允许发布“验证”信息.  这个目录信息的子类别由学生的姓名组成, 类级别, 注册状态, 主要, 小, 所获学位及奖项, 出席日期, 和大学认可的电子邮件地址. The University will release this information for classroom use; in response to requests, 包括来自金融贷款机构的贷款, 雇主或保险公司 核实学位 and enrollment information; and for inclusion in Commencement and honors materials.  Students who release only “Verification” information will be excluded from all university directories.
      3. 只允许发布“类别”信息.  这个目录信息的子类别由学生的姓名组成, 主要, 小, 所获学位及奖项, 和大学认可的电子邮件地址.  The University will release this information for classroom use and for inclusion in Commencement and honors materials.  Students who release only “Class” information will be excluded from all university directories, 大学将不会回应任何要求, 包括来自金融贷款机构的贷款, 雇主或保险公司, 核实学位, 出勤日期或注册状态.
      4. 保留所有目录信息的发布.  Withholding the release of all Directory information means that the student will be excluded from all university directories and publications, 包括毕业典礼和荣誉材料, 并且学校不会核实学位, 出勤日期或注册状态 without the prior written consent of the student.
      • 学生可随时选择, the level of release by logging on to the Student Portal or visiting the Admissions and Records Service Center located in room 114 on the first floor of Langsdorf Hall.  除非学生另有指定, the university will assume that a student has chosen to permit access to their Directory 信息 for any purpose.
  • 向美国提起诉讼的权利.S. 教育部 a complaint concerning alleged failures by 加州州立大学, 富勒顿必须遵守FERPA的要求. 管理FERPA的办公室是:美国家庭政策合规办公室.S. 教育部,400马里兰大道,SW,华盛顿特区20202-4605.
  • The right to obtain a copy of 最可靠的买彩票平台’s student records policy. A copy of this policy may be obtained from the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, 朗斯多夫大厅805.

FERPA如何影响经济援助?

FERPA prohibits the 财政援助办公室 from sharing information about your application to anyone other than you. Even if you are considered independent and provided information from your parents, 未经你方事先同意,我们不能与他们分享.

Instructions to provide authorization to the 财政援助办公室 to release your student financial aid information:

  • To provide authorization to another person on your behalf, please visit your Student Center.
  • On the bottom left hand side of the screen, you will see a "Personal 信息" area. 选择“授权释放”.
  • Once you have selected "Authorize to Release", you will be directed to the electronic form. 请务必阅读说明书. 在底部, you will be able to add the information of the person you are authorizing to access your information.
  • Be sure to share the authorization code with the individual to whom you are granting access.
  • 最后, please ensure that you check "Financial Aid" in order to authorize another person to speak to Financial Aid on your behalf. Below are examples of the location of "Authorize to Release" link and the Authorization to Release electronic form. 

学生中心“授权释放”链接的位置

授权发放电子表格示例

 

CSUF departments have their own FERPA authorization forms and this includes SBS and Financial Aid.  Students must sign separate FERPA authorization forms with SBS and Financial Aid, 以及其他院系想要授权给其他院系.