FERPA Education Record Correction Tools (Eligible Students)

Resource Type: Self-advocacy Tools
Focus Area: Ensuring Equal Access

Record errors can prevent students from getting the support to which they are legally entitled, impede access to opportunities, and result in punitive or legal consequences. Because education records may be shared with courts, medical providers, and other important systems, these errors have the potential to negatively impact and shape children’s lives well beyond the classroom.   

ELC-PA has created this tool to help eligible students, which are students who are 18 years or older or are attending a postsecondary institution, proactively identify inaccurate or misleading statements or information that violates their privacy rights and request corrections and amendments to their educational records, as permitted by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).   Access the tool by clicking on the yellow ‘Download PDF’ button below. (For a similar tool that can be used by parents, click here.)

 

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