title: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: A Legal Overview
creator: Feder, Jody
publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
date: 2005-11-30
language: English
description: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 guarantees
 parental access to student education records, while limiting the disclosure of
 those records to third parties. The act, sometimes referred to as the Buckley
 Amendment, responded to parents' growing concerns over privacy and the belief
 that parents should have the right to learn about the information schools were
 using to make decisions concerning their children. This report provides an
 overview of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act's statutory
 provisions, as well as discusses several court cases that have clarified the
 statute's requirements.
subject: Law
subject: Student records
subject: Higher education
subject: Elementary and secondary education
subject: Government and Law
type: Report
format: 6 pages
format: Text
identifier: crs: RS22341
identifier: local-cont-no: RS22341 2005-11-30
identifier: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7985/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metacrs7985