Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
What is Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?
FERPA is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 USC 1232g) implemented by 34 CFR Part 99 + administered by the US Department of Education Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) + Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). FERPA protects the privacy of student education records held by educational agencies + institutions receiving funds from any program administered by the Secretary of Education + applies to virtually all US K-12 + postsecondary educational institutions. It comprises 15 controls organised across 7 domains, and applies in the United States.
How Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) maps to other frameworks
All 15 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 7 domains Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) groups its controls into
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Query Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) programmatically
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), its 15 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) API reference and MCP config →What Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- FERPA-99-31A1-SCHOOL-OFFICIALS School Officials with Legitimate Educational Interest (34 CFR 99.31(a)(1))
- FERPA-99-60-99-67-ENFORCEMENT Enforcement and Complaint Procedures (34 CFR 99.60 to 99.67)
- FERPA-COORD-COPPA-PPRA-STATE Coordination with COPPA, PPRA, State Student Privacy Laws and Sectoral Laws
- FERPA-PART99-7 Annual Notification of Rights (34 CFR 99.7)
- FERPA-SAFEGUARDS-PTAC Data Security Safeguards for PII in Education Records (PTAC Best Practices, SPPO Guidance)
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