The Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act (FERPA) affords parents and students over 18 years of age
("eligible students") certain rights with respect to
the student's educational records. They are:
1. The right to inspect and review the student's
education records within 45 days of the day the District receives
a request for access.
Parents or eligible students should submit
to the school principal (or appropriate school official) a written
request that identifies the record(s) they wish to inspects. The
principal will make arrangements for access and notify the parent
or eligible student of the time and place where the records may
be inspected.
2. The right to request the amendment of student's
education records that the parent or eligible student believes
are inaccurate or misleading.
Parents or eligible students may ask the Blaine
School District to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate
or misleading. They should write the school principal or appropriate
school official, clearly identifying the part of the record they
want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading.
If the District decides not to amend the record
as requested by the parent or eligible student, the district will
notify the parent or eligible student of the decision and advise
them of their right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment.
Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be
provided to the parent or eligible student when notified of the
right to a hearing.
3. 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 District
as an administrator, supervisor, instructor, or support staff
member (including health or medical staff and law enforcement
personnel): a person serving on the School board: a person or
company with whom the District has contracted to perform a special
task (such as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or therapist):
or a parent or 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.
Upon request, the District discloses education
records without consents to official or another school district
in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.
4. The right to file a complaint with the
U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the
District 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
