Tracker record · Federal · Statute
FERPA and school disclosure regulations
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act limits disclosure of education records without consent, with school-official and directory-information exceptions fleshed out in Department of Education regulations. Texas student-data statutes add state-layer duties for institutions and vendors.
Status
- Legal status
- In effect
- Allegation or finding
- Operative law
- Applicability
- Public or private educational agencies and institutions receiving funds under a federal program for which the Secretary of Education has administrative responsibility (20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(3))
- Enforceability
- Binding on parties within scope
- Law checked through
- October 12, 2026
- Primary-source pinpoint
- 20 U.S.C. 1232g
- Primary source
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/1232g
- Citation
- 20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 C.F.R. part 99
- Source
- 20 U.S.C. 1232g