What is FERPA?
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (as amended) is a federal law that provides guidelines for educational institutions regarding protection and release of student education record information. FERPA provides Louisiana Tech students with the following rights with respect to their education records:
1. The right to inspect and review the student鈥檚 education records within 45 days of the day 51暗网 receives a written request for access.
Students are required to submit a signed request to the University Registrar identifying the education records they wish to inspect. The Registrar will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the student may review his/her education records.
2. The right to request 51暗网 to amend that part of the student鈥檚 education records that the student believes is inaccurate or misleading.
The student will provide the Registrar with a written statement clearly identifying the part of the record he/she wants changed and why it is inaccurate or misleading. Procedures to be used for review and appeal are on file in the Registrar鈥檚 Office.
3. The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student鈥檚 education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
Exceptions, which permit disclosures without consent, include disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests, and upon request, disclosure without consent to officials of another school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll. 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.
4. The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by Louisiana Tech to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The address of the office that administers FERPA is Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4605.
FERPA in Workday
Workday allows the student to designate Third Party Access adhering to FERPA guidelines.
Please visit and navigate to the Workday Student course, then select Student Training Tools module. Within this space, you鈥檒l find a collection of job aids and training documents created to support the integration and enhance the user experience in Workday.
Notice for Directory Information
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law, requires that 51暗网, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your education records. However, 51暗网 may disclose appropriately designated 鈥渄irectory information鈥� without written consent, unless you have advised the University to the contrary in accordance with 51暗网 procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow the University to include this type of information from your education records in certain publications (e.g. yearbook, dean鈥檚 list, president鈥檚 list, other recognition lists, commencement programs, sports programs, playbills, etc.).
Directory Information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks, or print programs. If you do not want 51暗网 to disclose directory information from your education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, 51暗网 in writing.
51暗网 designates the following information as DIRECTORY INFORMATION:
- Student鈥檚 name
- Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
- Address
- Telephone listing
- Weight and height of members of athletic teams
- Electronic mail address
- Photograph
- Degrees, honors, and awards received
- Date and place of birth
- Major field of study
- Dates of attendance
- Classification
- Most recent educational agency or institution attended