34 CFR 99 - FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY | LII / Legal Information Institute

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SUBPART A — General (§§ 99.1 - 99.8)
SUBPART B — What Are the Rights of Inspection and Review of Education Records? (§§ 99.10 - 99.12)
SUBPART C — What Are the Procedures for Amending Education Records? (§§ 99.20 - 99.22)
SUBPART D — May an Educational Agency or Institution Disclose Personally Identifiable Information From Education Records? (§§ 99.30 - 99.39)
SUBPART E — What Are the Enforcement Procedures? (§§ 99.60 - 99.67)
Appendix A to Part 99 - Crimes of Violence Definitions

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1232g, unless otherwise noted.

Source: 53 FR 11943, Apr. 11, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

Title 34 published on 2011-07-01

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2011-12-02; vol. 76 # 232 - Friday, December 2, 2011

76 FR 75604 - Family Educational Rights and Privacy

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Management

Final regulations.

These regulations are effective January 3, 2012. However, State and local educational authorities, and Federal agencies headed by officials listed in § 99.31(a)(3) with written agreements in place prior to January 3, 2012, must comply with the existing requirement in § 99.35(a)(3) to use written agreements to designate any authorized representatives, other than employees, only upon any renewal of or amendment to the written agreement with such authorized representative.

34 CFR Part 99

Summary

The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations implementing section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), which is commonly referred to as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). These amendments are needed to ensure that the U.S. Department of Education (Department or we) continues to implement FERPA in a way that protects the privacy of education records while allowing for the effective use of data. Improved access to data will facilitate States' ability to evaluate education programs, to ensure limited resources are invested effectively, to build upon what works and discard what does not, to increase accountability and transparency, and to contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in education. The use of data is vital to ensuring the best education for our children. However, the benefits of using student data must always be balanced with the need to protect student privacy. Protecting student privacy helps achieve a number of important goals, including avoiding discrimination, identity theft, as well as other malicious and damaging criminal acts.

This is a list of United States Code sections, Statutes at Large, Public Laws, and Presidential Documents, which provide rulemaking authority for this CFR Part.

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United States Code

20 USC 1230 - Repealed.

20 USC 1232g - Family educational and privacy rights

20 USC 3487 - Repealed.

20 USC 3507 - Existing references to transferor officials or bodies deemed references to transferee officials or bodies

The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 34 CFR 99

2011-12-02; vol. 76 # 232 - Friday, December 2, 2011

76 FR 75604 - Family Educational Rights and Privacy

GPO FDSys XML | Text

Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2011-30683
RIN	1880-AA86
DOCKET ID	ED-2011-OM-0002

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Management

Final regulations.

These regulations are effective January 3, 2012. However, State and local educational authorities, and Federal agencies headed by officials listed in § 99.31(a)(3) with written agreements in place prior to January 3, 2012, must comply with the existing requirement in § 99.35(a)(3) to use written agreements to designate any authorized representatives, other than employees, only upon any renewal of or amendment to the written agreement with such authorized representative.

34 CFR Part 99

Summary

The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations implementing section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), which is commonly referred to as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). These amendments are needed to ensure that the U.S. Department of Education (Department or we) continues to implement FERPA in a way that protects the privacy of education records while allowing for the effective use of data. Improved access to data will facilitate States' ability to evaluate education programs, to ensure limited resources are invested effectively, to build upon what works and discard what does not, to increase accountability and transparency, and to contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in education. The use of data is vital to ensuring the best education for our children. However, the benefits of using student data must always be balanced with the need to protect student privacy. Protecting student privacy helps achieve a number of important goals, including avoiding discrimination, identity theft, as well as other malicious and damaging criminal acts.

2011-04-08; vol. 76 # 68 - Friday, April 8, 2011

76 FR 19726 - Family Educational Rights and Privacy

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Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2011-8205
RIN	1880-AA86
Docket No.	ID ED-2011-OM-0002

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Management

Notice of proposed rulemaking.

We must receive your comments on or before May 23, 2011. Comments received after this date will not be considered.

34 CFR Part 99

Summary

The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations implementing section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act, which is also known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (FERPA). These proposed amendments are necessary to ensure that the Department's implementation of FERPA continues to protect the privacy of education records, as intended by Congress, while allowing for the effective use of data in statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS) as envisioned in the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act (COMPETES Act) and furthermore supported under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Improved access to data contained within an SLDS will facilitate States' ability to evaluate education programs, to build upon what works and discard what does not, to increase accountability and transparency, and to contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in education. These proposed amendments would enable authorized representatives of State and local educational authorities, and organizations conducting studies, to use SLDS data to achieve these important outcomes while protecting privacy under FERPA through an expansion of the requirements for written agreements and the Department's enforcement mechanisms.

34 CFR 99 - FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY

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