FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
What it means
A US federal law protecting the privacy of student education records at covered schools. Rights generally belong to parents and transfer to the student at age 18 or when the student attends a postsecondary institution, subject to statutory exceptions.
Term details
Category: education
Regional use: us
Last source check: July 28, 2026
Source
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