A-4. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Policy

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) require institutions of higher education to strictly protect the privacy rights of all students, who are or who have been in attendance. Information contained in the student’s education records can be shared only with those persons or entities specified within the Act.

The Registrar’s Office maintains a copy of the full text of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, posts electronic information on FERPA, and processes all FERPA requests and challenges.

Information on directory information, the types of student records maintained at Southern Arkansas University Tech, disclosure policy in relation to student consent, the procedures for gaining access to records, and the procedure for challenging the contents of those records is available in the Registrar’s Office.

Students have the right to inspect and review their education records except for specific exclusions contained within the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. A student should contact the Registrar’s Office to arrange for inspection, review, and correction of an educational record. The Registrar’s Office may charge a fee for copies of any education records.