What is FERPA?
FERPA (Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act) does two things:
- Allows current and former students access to their own educational records.
- Ensures the privacy of their records.
All University employees are legally and ethically obligated to protect the confidentiality of student records.
Who should take FERPA Certification?
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Any Faculty or Staff member who plans to apply for SPIRE access.
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Undergraduate TAs - In addition to completing FERPA Certification, navigate to SPIRE:
On your SPIRE Center, select the Academics tile. Under the Forms & Academic Requests heading, select the TA FERPA Agreement page.
(Be sure to read the reminder, then select the checkbox and click "I agree to follow FERPA guidelines.") -
Student Employees.
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Anyone who has access to student records.
Get FERPA Certified
Complete FERPA Certification training online. Log in with your NetID and Password.
FERPA Resources
About FERPA. (University Registrar's guidelines for disclosing student information)
Remember that FERPA Certification is required to gain access to student information pages in SPIRE.