![]() ![]() ![]() Nothing within FERPA provides an extension to that time limit. Under FERPA, a district has 45 days from date of request to provide an opportunity to inspect and review his or her child’s education records. What if a parent requests to review their child’s education records? Teachers working from home must stay mindful of taking precautions to minimize the likelihood of other individuals in the home overhearing confidential student information. The answer to this one should be obvious – yes, as long as the teacher does not reveal PII from the student’s education record within hearing of other members of the teacher’s household. The recording should not be made public.Ĭan public school teachers conduct parent/student conferences from home? For example, the recording could be saved through Google Classroom to a specific class. When video recording, the record should only be shared through a system that is accessible to the class members. If, however, the recording is maintained in a specific student’s record (perhaps, for example, as a record of misconduct engaged by the student during the virtual class) then it would become a protected education record. A recording of a whole class lesson should not generally be considered an education record for a specific student and should not be maintained in a specific student’s records. Video recordings of virtual classroom lessons only qualify as “education records” under FERPA if they directly relate to a student and are maintained by an educational agency or institution of by a party acting on their behalf. As we discussed previously, the teacher must take care not to disclose personally identifiable information (“PII”) from student education records during a virtual lesson unless written permission has been provided to do so. The DOE has now answered the $100,000 question: yes, it is permissible under FERPA to record classes and share the recording of the virtual class to students who were unable to attend. Department of Education.Ĭan teachers video record virtual classes and share the recording to students who were unable to attend the class? Here are some clarifying answers given by the U.S. Much of what they discussed has already been covered in our prior posts on the issue: (here), (here) and (here). Department of Education Student Privacy Policy Office recently provided more in-depth information regarding FERPA and virtual education in light of COVID-19 through a webinar. ![]()
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