FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords
students certain rights with respect to their educational records.
They are:
- The right to inspect and review their educational records.
- The right to request the amendment of their education
records to ensure that they are not inaccurate misleading or
otherwise in violation of their privacy or other rights.
- The right to consent to disclosures of personally
identifiable information contained in their education records,
except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without
consent. FERPA permits disclosures without consent to school
officials with legitimate educational interests. School
officials include university employees (including law
enforcement unit and health personnel); agents of the University
(such as an attorney or collection agent); or individuals,
including students, serving on official committees or assisting
a school official perform his/her tasks. A school official has a
legitimate educational interest if the official needs to
review an education record to fulfill his/her professional
responsibility. Upon request, the University discloses education
records without consent to officials of another school in which
a student seeks to enroll. California State University,
Fullerton has designated as Directory information a students
name, date and place of birth, permanent and local address,
university-recognized e-mail address(es), photograph, telephone
number, class level, enrollment status, major, minor, dates of
attendance, degrees and awards received, previous educational
institutions attended, past and present participation in
recognized activities, and weight and height if an athletic team
member. Unless restricted by the student, the campus may release
Directory information at any time to any requesting party,
including the military and for the development of
university-affiliated marketing programs. Students may choose to
limit the release of their Directory information in one of four
ways:
- Permit release of all Directory information for any
purpose. No further action by the student is required.
- Permit release of only Verification information. This
sub-category of Directory information consists of a
students name, class level, enrollment status, major,
minor, degrees and awards received, dates of attendance, and
university-recognized e-mail address(es). The University
will release this information for classroom use; in response
to requests, including those from financial lenders,
employers or insurance companies for verification of degree
and enrollment information; and for inclusion in
Commencement and honors materials. Students who release only
Verification information will be excluded from all
university directories.
- Permit release of only Class information. This
sub-category of Directory information consists of a
students name, major, minor, degree and awards received,
and university-recognized e-mail address(es). The University
will release this information for classroom use and for
inclusion in Commencement and honors materials. Students who
release only Class information will be excluded from all
university directories, and the University will not respond
to requests, including those from financial lenders,
employers or insurance companies, for verification of
degree, dates of attendance or enrollment status.
- Withhold the release of all Directory information.
Withholding the release of all Directory information means
that the student will be excluded from all university
directories and publications, including Commencement and
honors materials, and the University will not verify degree,
dates of attendance or enrollment status without the prior
written consent of the student.
Students may select at any time, the level of release by
logging on to www.fullerton.edu/titanonline or visiting the
Admissions and Records Service Center located in room 114 on
the first floor of Langsdorf Hall. Unless a student
designates otherwise, the university will assume that a
student has chosen to permit access to their Directory
Information for any purpose.
- The right to file with the U.S. Department of Education a
complaint concerning alleged failures by California State
University, Fullerton to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
The Office that administers FERPA is: Family Policy Compliance
Office, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20202-4605.
- The right to obtain a copy of California State University,
Fullertons student records policy. A copy of this policy may be
obtained from the Office of the Vice President for Student
Affairs, Langsdorf Hall 805.
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