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Understand ‘legitimate educational interest’ under FERPA
Author(s) -
Rainsberger Richard
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.30618
Subject(s) - political science , work (physics) , section (typography) , parental consent , law , informed consent , public relations , medicine , business , engineering , advertising , alternative medicine , mechanical engineering , pathology
There are only three sections of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act regulations where the term legitimate educational interest is found. The first is 34 CFR §99.31(a)(2) — the school official/legitimate educational interest section. That section permits school officials to disclose a student's education records, without the student's written consent, to another school official if a legitimate educational interest exists. This is the most commonly used exception to disclose without the student's written consent. How could we, as school officials, get all of our work done if we had to get written consent before we disclosed, or discussed, any education records with other school officials?