Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Training Policy
Submitted By: Nadine Ashton
Submitted On Date: December 14, 2023 at 10:55 am
Current Status: Approved/Closed
This is a New Policy
Description of Change
Policy Statement
College for Creative Studies (CCS) is obligated to protect the confidentiality of student records. To ensure that all persons employed by the College (faculty, staff, students), with access to student data, understand their responsibility related to the protection of student data, the College is requiring completion of the U.S. Department of Education’s FERPA 101: For Colleges & Universities.
This online training course was developed by the Privacy Technical Assistance Center of the U.S. Department of Education as an introduction to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and its requirements relating to the privacy and security of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in student records. This course addresses FERPA basics, explores requirements for the protection of student records for Colleges, Universities and other postsecondary institutions, addresses who may and may not access student records, when those records may be shared, and discusses several of the applicable exceptions to the FERPA requirement for consent.
Reason for Policy
To ensure that all faculty and staff are training on FERPA the College is offering an introductory Department of Education FERPA training course. This oversight will ensure that everyone at the College is in compliance.