FERPA: Policies & Practices to Eliminate Confusion & Remain Compliant – On-Demand Training

FERPA impacts everyone on campus who has contact with students’ records and information.  Equip your key staff members with all the critical information and training they need to make appropriate decisions and remain compliant with this complex regulation.

Our expert presenter Attorney Hannah Ross will discuss practical solutions and offer guidance using case studies and scenarios drawn from common, real-life situations you and your staff face daily. This webinar will provide a solid foundation in FERPA’s most important restrictions and permitted exceptions to enhance campus compliance and instill staff confidence to enforce your guidelines and policies and protect your students’ privacy.

Although FERPA regulations are nuanced and complex when you are trying to balance student privacy with autonomy and transparency- it doesn’t have to be confusing. This training will provide your campus with the knowledge and confidence to create and uphold policies and practices to eliminate confusion and remain compliant.

Topics Covered

Get crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:

• Understand FERPA’s restrictions and permitted exceptions to direct policy development and enforcement to confidently remain compliant.
• Apply practical solutions and guidance through realistic case studies to make it easily understandable and applicable to all levels of campus staff that have contact with student records and information.
• Balance the nuanced and complex privacy disclosure exceptions through effective consent processes and record retention guidelines in compliance with FERPA.       
• Incorporate new ideas and practical steps to adapt and enhance your campus FERPA compliance policies and guidelines. 
• Identify current FERPA compliance standards and learn about impending developments to adapt on your campus.

Presenter

Hannah Ross currently serves as the General Counsel, Chief of Staff, and Secretary to the Corporation at Middlebury College in Vermont.
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