1232g). This Act, with which the institution fully complies, was designed to protect the pri- vacy of educational records, to establish the right of students to inspect and review their educational records, and to provide guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data. Students also have the right to file complaints with The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Office (FERPA) concerning alleged failures by the institution to comply with the Act. The Federal Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act of 1997 allows the disclosure of “Directory Information” by the College about a student. This information includes the following: The address, telephone listing, email listing as provided by the student, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, level of education, degrees and awards received, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student, photograph and names of persons receiving non-need based financial assistance from the College. student’s name,
official. 2. Right to obtain copies of those records. 3. Right to a response from the College to reasonable requests for explanations and interpretations of those records. 4. Right to add any explanations to records of the eligible student. 5. Right to a hearing to challenge the
content of those records.
Records not available to an eligible student include the following:
1. Financial records of parents of the student or any information contained therein. 2. Confidential letters and statements of recommendation, which were placed in the educational records prior to January 1, 1975. 3. Any information for which student has signed waiver of rights.
Challenges to the content of records include the following:
1. Any dispute with an eligible student regarding the content of his or her educational records will be settled, if possible, through informal meetings with the Director of Admissions and Records and/or the Dean of Student Affairs. 2. If the dispute is not settled through an informal process, either the student or the appropriate official of the College may make a request for a formal hearing on the matter.
Policy on Privacy Rights of Students
The educational records of an eligible student shall be accessible to the student. An eligible student desiring access to his or her educational records shall make a request in writing to the Director of Admissions and Records. These rights include the following: 1. Right to inspect and review the content of those records in the presence of an appropriate Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
Release of Records
An eligible student may request in writing to the Director of Admissions and Records that directory information may not be made accessible to any party with the exception of
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