FERPA and IDEA

This is St. George's Church in Old Cairo. There is a dungeon under the church we toured. Very dark, cramped, stuffy. Not a place I'd want to be.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under a United States Department of Education program, including Head Start programs. (20 USC section 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99)

The state must also have policies and procedures in effect to ensure that public agencies in the state comply with 34 CFR sections 300.610 through 300.626 related to protecting the confidentiality of any personally identifiable information collected, used, or maintained under Part B of the IDEA.

What rights are available under the IDEA and the FERPA?

34 CFR section 300.613--Access rights

• Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student's education records maintained by the LEA.
• The LEA must comply with a request without unneccessary delay and before any meeting regarding an IEP, any due process hearing pursuant to section 300.507, any due process hearing related to the discipline provisions in sections 300.530 through 300.532, or a resolution session pursuant to section 300.510.
• In other situations the LEA must comply no later than 45 calendar days after the request is made.