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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. These rights include:
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The right to inspect and review the student's education records within 45 days of the day the college receives a request for access.
A student should submit to the Records Office a written request that identifies the record(s) the student wishes to inspect. The college will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the college official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
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The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes are inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights under FERPA.
A student who wishes to ask the college to amend a record should write to the Records Office, clearly identify the part of the record the student wants changed, and specify why it should be changed.
If the college decides not to amend the record as requested, the college will notify the student in writing of the decision and the student’s 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.
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The right to provide written consent before the college discloses personally identifiable information from the student's education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without con¬sent.
The college discloses education records without a student’s prior written consent under the FERPA exception for disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the college 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 college has contracted as its agent to provide a service instead of using college employees or officials (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Governing Board; 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 responsibilities for the college.
Martin Luther College discloses education records to officials of another school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll only with written consent of the student.
Directory Information Policy
Directory information is made public. If a student does not want directory information released, the student must submit a written request to the Records Office. Martin Luther College collects directory information on students. Directory information includes:
- Student’s name
- Student’s photo
- home and campus addresses
- email address
- telephone number(s)
- date and place of birth
- grade classification level
- full or part-time status
- honors and awards
- degrees and fields of study
- high school graduated from
- home congregation
- participation in sports and campus activities
- weight and height of members of athletic teams
- athletic performance data
- dates of attendance
- ministry candidate assignment
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The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the college to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-5901