The annual FERPA notification process must ensure that parents understand their rights to:

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The annual FERPA notification process must ensure that parents understand their rights to:

Under FERPA, schools must inform families each year about their rights to protect student information, including how directory information can be handled. Directory information can be disclosed without the student’s or parent’s prior consent unless the parent opts out to withhold those disclosures. So the important right being tested is the parent’s ability to disallow or restrict directory information disclosures by opting out. The other options misstate how directory information is treated under FERPA: some imply universal consent, some require consent for directory data, some assume disclosures to third parties by default, and none capture the opt-out protection that the annual notice communicates.

Under FERPA, schools must inform families each year about their rights to protect student information, including how directory information can be handled. Directory information can be disclosed without the student’s or parent’s prior consent unless the parent opts out to withhold those disclosures. So the important right being tested is the parent’s ability to disallow or restrict directory information disclosures by opting out. The other options misstate how directory information is treated under FERPA: some imply universal consent, some require consent for directory data, some assume disclosures to third parties by default, and none capture the opt-out protection that the annual notice communicates.

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