FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

FERPA is a federal law designed to protect the privacy of education records, to establish the right of students to inspect and review their education records, and to provide guidelines for the protection of inaccurate and misleading data through informal and formal hearings.

The links below provide more information about this law. The first is used for training campus personnel at the CU-Boulder campus, the second is a general University-wide overview of FERPA.

Faculty and Research E-Memo (12/01/03)

Boulder Campus FERPA Information

Administrative Policy Statement

FERPA FAQ's

University of Colorado Course