Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is title 34 part 99 of the United States [Code of Federal Regulations]?. The regulations cover violations such as parent volunteers grading another child's work, school employees divulging information to someone other than the child's parents about a child's homelife, grades or behaviors, and school work posted on a bulletin board with a grade.

Some Web sites that supply access to the text of the regulations:

• http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_00/34cfr99_00.html
• http://www.lrp.com/ed/freelib/free_regs/bc3499.htm
• http://clhe.org/3a2-1.htm