The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords parents and students who are 18 years of age or older ("eligible students") certain rights with respect to the student's education records. These rights are:

1. The right to inspect and review the student's education records within 45 days after the day the United Local School District receives a request for access. Parents or eligible students who wish to inspect their child’s or their education records should submit to the school principal [or appropriate school official] a written request that identifies the records they wish to inspect. The school official will make arrangements for access and notify the parent or eligible student of the time and place where the records may be inspected.

2. The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the parent or eligible student believes are inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights under FERPA. Parents or eligible students who wish to ask the United Local School District to amend their child’s or their education record should write the school principal [or appropriate school official], clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, and specify why it should be changed. If the Center decides not to amend the record as requested by the parent or eligible student, the Center will notify the parent or eligible student of the decision and of their right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment.  Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the parent or eligible student when notified of the right to a hearing.

3. The right to provide written consent before the school discloses personally identifiable information (PII) from the student's education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. One exception, which permits disclosure without consent, is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. The criteria for determining who constitutes a school official and what constitutes a legitimate educational interest must be set forth in the school’s annual notification for FERPA rights. A school official typically includes a person employed by the school or school district as an administrator, supervisor, instructor, or support staff member (including health or medical staff and law enforcement unit personnel) or a person serving on the school board. A school official also may include a volunteer, contractor, or consultant who, while not employed by the school, performs an institutional service or function for which the Center would otherwise use its own employees and who is under the direct control of the school with respect to the use and maintenance of PII from education records, such as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or therapist; a parent or student volunteering to serve on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee; or a parent, student, or other volunteer assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official typically has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility.

4. The right to obtain a copy of the Center's policy and administrative guideline on student records (Policy 8330 and AG 8330).

5. The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the United Local School District to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA are:

Student Privacy Policy Office

U.S. Department of Education

400 Maryland Avenue, SW

Washington, DC  20202

Directory Information

Both FERPA and Ohio's Student Privacy Law (R.C. 3319.321) require that the United Local School District, with certain exceptions, obtain a parent or adult student's written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information about a student. However, the United Local School District may disclose appropriately designated "directory information" without written consent, unless the parent or adult student advises the United Local School District to the contrary in accordance with Center procedures. Directory information is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released. Directory information shall not be provided to any organization for profit-making purposes.

The United Local School District designates as student directory information:

• a student's name

• address

• telephone number

• date and place of birth

• major field of study

• participation in officially-recognized activities and sports

• height and weight, if a member of an athletic team

• dates of attendance

• date of graduation

• awards received

The United Local School District also designates school-assigned e-mail accounts as "directory information" for the limited purpose of facilitating students’ registration for access to various online educational services, including mobile applications/apps that will be utilized by the student for educational purposes and for inclusion in internal e-mail address books. School-assigned e-mail accounts shall not be released as directory information beyond this/these limited purpose(s) and to any person or entity but the specific online educational service provider and internal users of the Center's Education Technology.

The United Local School District may disclose directory information of former students, without student or parental consent, unless the parent or eligible student previously submitted a request that such information not be disclosed without their prior written consent. Parents and eligible students may refuse to allow the District to disclose any or all of such "directory information" upon written notification to the United Local School District within ten (10) days after receipt of the Superintendent's annual public notice.