FERPA Guide for Current CWU Students
FERPA Policy
CWU 504-03: Student Records Policy (The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 is a federal law governing access to student education records. FERPA stipulates conditions for release of information from education records and affords students the opportunity to review and seek revision of those records. Central Washington University (CWU) accords all the rights provided by the law, and reserves for itself the right to use and release student education records under the conditions specified by the law.
Educational Record
Central Washington University will only provide the following information in your request to view your student record.
Records include grades, transcripts, student course schedules, student financial information (at the postsecondary level), and student discipline files.
Students records do not include: phone calls, instant messages, or voice messages.
No other information will be provided.
For more information: https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/faq/what-education-record
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