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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 648954" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p><a href="https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/pdf/ferpafaq.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/pdf/ferpafaq.pdf</a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">As noted above, the rights under FERPA transfer from the parents to the student, once the student turns 18 years old or enters a postsecondary institution at any age. However, although the rights under FERPA have now transferred to the student, <u>a school may disclose information from an “eligible student’s” education records to the parents of the student, without the student’s consent, if the student is a dependent for tax purposes. </u>Neither the age of the student nor the parent’s status as a custodial parent is relevant. If a student is claimed as a dependent by either parent for tax purposes, then either parent may have access under this provision. (34 CFR § 99.31(a)(8).) </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">The way that I read that is as long as your son is still your dependent, you have access to his school records. I know that we are never told we have to check whether our students are 18 when we email parents about grades. I teach juniors and seniors and I know some of them are already 18.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">~Kathy</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 648954, member: 1967"] [URL]https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/pdf/ferpafaq.pdf[/URL] [COLOR=#0000ff]As noted above, the rights under FERPA transfer from the parents to the student, once the student turns 18 years old or enters a postsecondary institution at any age. However, although the rights under FERPA have now transferred to the student, [U]a school may disclose information from an “eligible student’s” education records to the parents of the student, without the student’s consent, if the student is a dependent for tax purposes. [/U]Neither the age of the student nor the parent’s status as a custodial parent is relevant. If a student is claimed as a dependent by either parent for tax purposes, then either parent may have access under this provision. (34 CFR § 99.31(a)(8).) [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]The way that I read that is as long as your son is still your dependent, you have access to his school records. I know that we are never told we have to check whether our students are 18 when we email parents about grades. I teach juniors and seniors and I know some of them are already 18.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#000000]~Kathy[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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