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Notification of Student Rights Under FERPA
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students
certain rights with respect to their education records. They are:
- The right to inspect
and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the
day that the Institute receives the request for access.
Students should submit to the Registrar written requests
that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The Registrar will make
arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where
the records may be inspected.
- The right to request
the amendment of the student’s education records that the student
believes are inaccurate or misleading.
Students may ask the Institute to amend a record that
they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the Registrar,
clearly identifying the part of the record they want changed, and specify
why it is inaccurate or misleading.
If the Institute decides not to amend the record as
requested by the student, the Institute will notify the student of the
decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding
the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing
procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right
to a hearing.
- The right to consent
to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the
student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes
disclosure without consent.
One exception which permits disclosure without consent
is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests.
A school official is a person employed by the Institute in an administrative,
supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including
law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person or company
with whom the Institute has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor,
or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a
student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance
committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her
tasks.
A school official has a legitimate educational interest
if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill
his or her professional responsibility.
- The right to file
a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures
by the Georgia Institute of Technology to comply with the requirements
of FERPA. The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-4605
FERPA
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