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University of Richmond FERPA Policy Statement
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University of Richmond
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Acts of 1974 (commonly referred to as “FERPA” or the “Buckley Amendment”) is designed to protect the confidentiality of the records that educational institutions maintain on their students and to give students access to their records to assure the accuracy of their contents. The Act affords students certain rights with respect to their Education Records. They are:

1. Access to Education Records: students have the right to inspect and review their Education Records within 45 days of the day the University receives a written request for access, anytime after their matriculation. See below for the following categories related to Access to Educational Records:

2. Request for Amendment of Education Records: students have the right to request amendment of Education Records if they believe the records are inaccurate, misleading or in violation of their privacy rights. Click here for information regarding destruction of records.

3. Disclosure of Education Records: students have the right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information in Education Records, except to the extent that the Act or any other superseding law authorizes disclosure without student consent. See below for the following categories related to Disclosure of Education Records:

4. Compliance: students have the right to contact the Family Policy Compliance Office with complaint concerning the University’s compliance with the requirements of
FERPA.

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  Last Modified: 13-Aug-2009 Web site Administrator: Jennifer D'Arezzo