privacy law advocate l.d.a.

 The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) provides for more restrictive use and access to a child’s school records. It also provides an opportunity for parents to review and dispute student records of their children. The FERPA regulations do apply to children’s health records contained with in the school records of the child. It is important to note that private schools are often not required to obey the FERPA requirements because they do not receive federal funding. If you are concerned with who can access your child’s school records and how to dispute any issue that might a rise from reviewing of those records check out the following link regarding FERPA and how it’s regulations might apply to you.

http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html