FERPA Training

FERPA Training

FERPA

All employees of Nazarene Bible College (faculty, adjunct and staff) are required to have training in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended (FERPA).

Please begin with "What is FERPA?" and review the following information. You will be asked to complete an Acknowledgment Form on the final page which must be submitted before you will be allowed access to student records, including online courses.

  • What is FERPA?
  • What are and are not educational records?
  • What are parental rights under FERPA?
  • What is directory or public information?
  • What is directory information at NBC?
  • How can a student withhold directory information?
  • Under what circumstances or to whom can we release information without student consent?
  • What are 2 basic steps to comply with the law?
  • What documents does a student not have a right to see?
  • What are institutional policy and notification requirements?
  • What do I need to do to protect student information?
  • What can happen if we fail to follow the law?
  • What if I have a question on what can or cannot be released under FERPA?

For additional information regarding FERPA, please see the U.S. Department of Education website at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html.