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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Notification of Student Rights and Directory Information are listed below. Additional information
regarding FERPA is provided at the following site:
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco/index.html
Notification of Student Rights Under FERPA
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. These rights
include:
- The right to inspect and review the student’s education
records within 45 days of the day the University receives a request for access.
Students should submit to the Registrar written requests that identify the record(s)
they wish to inspect. The Registrar will make arrangements for access and notify the
student of the time and place where the records may be inspected.
- The right to request the amendment of the student’s
education records that the student believes to be inaccurate or misleading.
Students may ask the University to amend a record they believe is inaccurate or
misleading. They should write to the Registrar, clearly identify the part of the record
they want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading.
If the University decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the
University will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or
her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information
regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of
the right to a hearing.
- The right to consent to disclosures of personally
identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, except to the
extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
One exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to school
officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person
employed by the University in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research,
or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health
staff); a person or company with whom the University has contracted (such as an
attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees;
or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance
committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks.
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.
- The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of
Education concerning alleged failures by North Georgia College & State University to
comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the Office where these
complaints should be filed is:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
600 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-4605
The address for the Registrar is:
Office of the Registrar
North Georgia College & State University
Dahlonega, GA 30597
Notice of "Directory Information"
"Directory Information" is information not
generally considered an invasion of privacy if disclosed. North Georgia College &
State University considers the following information to be "Directory
Information": Name, address and telephone number; Level (undergraduate and graduate);
Major Fields of Study; Full-time or Part-time status; Dates of attendance; Degrees and dates
awarded.
"Directory Information" does not include
GPA, Grades, Country of Citizenship, Race/Ethnicity, Gender or Social Security Number.
Students who wish to request nondisclosure of "Directory Information" should
submit a completed Request for
Non-Disclosure form to the Registrar's office.
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