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FERPA

What is FERPA?

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act protects the privacy of student education records and gives parents and eligible students control over their information.

Compliance and Regulatory

Terms that appear alongside ferpa

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as ferpa. The number is how many controls name both.

Frameworks that govern ferpa

GDPRView framework →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on ferpa

Requirements naming ferpa across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)9 controls

FERPA implementation status as of 2026. STATUTORY + REGULATORY BASE: 20 USC 1232g (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 - the Buckley Amendment) implemented by 34 CFR Part 99 with FINAL RULE revisions in 1988 + 1995 + 2008 + 2011 (major revisions...

FERPA-Status · FERPA Implementation Status, 2024-2025 Guidance and AI/Cloud Trends →
Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR)3 controls

Florida FDBR coordination with sectoral federal privacy + data protection laws. COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 USC 6501 + 16 CFR Part 312): FTC-administered; covers online services collecting from children under 13;

FDBR-Coord-COPPA-FERPA-HIPAA-Sectoral · Coordination with COPPA, FERPA, HIPAA, GLBA, FCRA and Sectoral Federal Laws →
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act2 controls

Coordination positions INCDPA within the broader US and international privacy regulatory landscape. (1) US State Privacy Law Patchwork: 20+ comprehensive US state privacy laws as of 2026 (California CCPA/CPRA + Virginia VCDPA + Colorado CPA + Utah UCPA + Conne...

INCDPA-Coord-USStatePrivacy-VCDPA-CPA-CTDPA-CCPA-Federal-FTC-DPDP-GDPR-International · Indiana CDPA Coordination - US State Privacy Laws (Virginia/Colorado/Connecticut/Utah/Texas/Iowa+) + Federal Sectoral (HIPAA/GLBA/FCRA/FERPA/COPPA) + FTC Section 5 + GDPR + India DPDP + International Privacy Frameworks →
Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act2 controls

Coordination positions ICDPA within the broader US and international privacy regulatory landscape. (1) Utah UCPA Template Parent: Iowa CDPA most closely follows Utah CDPA (UCPA effective 31 December 2023) template - shared narrow Sale definition + opt-out (NOT...

ICDPA-Coord-USStatePrivacy-UCPA-Template-VCDPA-CPA-CTDPA-Federal-FTC-GDPR-International · Iowa CDPA Coordination - Utah CDPA Template Parent + US State Privacy Patchwork + Federal Sectoral (HIPAA/GLBA/FCRA/FERPA/COPPA) + FTC Section 5 + GDPR + India DPDP + International →
Student Privacy Pledge 20201 control

Per Pledge: transparency + FERPA + COPPA + state student privacy law compliance + maintain documentation.

STUDPRV-4 · Transparency, Compliance with FERPA, COPPA, State Laws →
FTC GLBA Safeguards Rule (16 CFR Part 314)2 controls

FTC Safeguards Rule coordination with parallel regulators. BANKING AGENCIES (Interagency Guidelines per 12 CFR Parts 30 + 208 + 225 + 364 + 748): OCC + FRB + FDIC + NCUA issue equivalent safeguards regulations for federally-supervised banks + savings associati...

FTC-Safeguards-Coord-Banking-SEC-Higher-Ed · Coordination with Banking Agencies, SEC, Higher Education Safeguards and Insurance →

Questions people ask about ferpa

What is FERPA?
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act protects the privacy of student education records and gives parents and eligible students control over their information.
Why is FERPA important for compliance?
FERPA is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding ferpa helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address FERPA?
FERPA appears in the requirement text of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR), Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act, Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act, Student Privacy Pledge 2020. Across these standards we have identified 19 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about FERPA?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how ferpa applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.