Which statement about FERPA disclosures and personally identifiable information is accurate?

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Which statement about FERPA disclosures and personally identifiable information is accurate?

FERPA controls when personally identifiable information from a student’s education records can be accessed or disclosed. The accurate statement is that disclosures mean to permit access to or release of PII under allowed conditions—for example with written consent, or under permissible disclosures such as for school officials with a legitimate educational interest, or in de-identified or directory information the student hasn’t opted out of. This captures the idea that sharing PII is allowed only under defined rules, not freely. Releasing only non-identifiable data isn’t the general rule, since PII can be shared under specific allowances; access to any student’s records without consent is not permitted except under those permitted circumstances; and publishing an entire student record publicly is not allowed.

FERPA controls when personally identifiable information from a student’s education records can be accessed or disclosed. The accurate statement is that disclosures mean to permit access to or release of PII under allowed conditions—for example with written consent, or under permissible disclosures such as for school officials with a legitimate educational interest, or in de-identified or directory information the student hasn’t opted out of. This captures the idea that sharing PII is allowed only under defined rules, not freely.

Releasing only non-identifiable data isn’t the general rule, since PII can be shared under specific allowances; access to any student’s records without consent is not permitted except under those permitted circumstances; and publishing an entire student record publicly is not allowed.

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