FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is a U.S. federal law passed in 1974 that protects the privacy of student education records. It gives parents certain rights to access, review, and request corrections to their child's education records. These rights transfer to the student once they turn 18 or attend a school beyond the high school level (such as college). In general, schools must have written permission from the student (or parent, if under 18) to release any information from a student’s education record, with some exceptions allowed by law.
