Annual Notice of Student Rights Under FERPA

• The student’s right to inspect and review their own education records.
• Students should submit written requests to the Registrar (registrar@asumh.edu or lpharis@asumh.edu) that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. ASUMH is not required to provide copies of records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is impossible for students to review the records. A fee may be charged for copies. 
• The right to seek amendment of education records the student believes to be inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights.
• Students should write to the Registrar (registrar@asumh.edu or lpharis@asumh.edu) to clearly identify the part of the record they want changed and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. 
• The right to have some control over the disclosure of information from their education records. FERPA grants students the right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in their education records, except to the extent that FERPA and its implementing regulations authorize disclosure without consent. 
• A student may consent in writing to disclosure of education records. The student’s written consent must be signed and dated, and specify which records are to be disclosed, to whom, and for what purpose. The consent must be delivered to the office of the Registrar (registrar@asumh.edu or lpharis@asumh.edu). The student may retract the consent in writing at any time. Proper proof of identity may be required by the Registrar’s office before consent is retracted.
• ASUMH may disclose “directory information” related to individual students without their consent unless the student has opted out of such disclosure by submitting a request for non-disclosure of directory information form to the Registrar (registrar@asumh.edu or lpharis@asumh.edu). Please see the “Directory Information Disclosure Notice” section below for additional information, including the applicable definition of the term “directory information.”
• ASUMH may disclose education records without consent to a “school official” with a “legitimate educational interest.”
• “School officials” include administrators, supervisors, faculty members, instructors, support staff, members of the Board of Trustees, persons or companies with whom the university has contracted for special tasks (e.g., National Student Clearinghouse), and university committee members.
• A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill their professional responsibility.
• Upon request, ASUMH may disclose education records without consent to officials of another college or school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.
• In connection with an emergency, if such information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or another person, ASUMH may disclose education records without consent.
• ASUMH may disclose education records without consent in accordance with a lawful subpoena or court order.
• The parent of a student may exercise inspection rights under FERPA if the student is claimed as a dependent by the parent for income tax purposes. Dependency must be proven by submission of a copy of the parent’s most recent income tax return to the Registrar (registrar@asumh.edu or lpharis@asumh.edu).
• ASUMH may otherwise disclose education records without consent as permitted under FERPA and its implementing regulations, including but not limited to 34 CFR § 99.31. 
• The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the university to comply with the requirements of FERPA and its implementing regulations.
• The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA are:

U.S. Department of Education

Student Privacy Policy Office

400 Maryland Avenue, SW

Washington, D.C. 20202-8520      

Please contact the Registrar’s Office if you have questions about FERPA.