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Yes   No Can a student's dates of attendance at Palmer be confirmed with an insurance company without the student's permission since that information is designated as "directory information" in Palmer's FERPA policy.
Yes   No Can Student Records release confidential information without the written consent of a student upon receipt of a subpoena?
Yes   No Do former students have the right to seek to amend their educational records?
Yes   No Is an email message regarding a student considered an education record and therefore subject to review and inspection according to FERPA?
Yes   No A member of Student Services requests the grade history of a student.  As a "school official" according to Palmer's FERPA policy, is the staff member entitled to the student's education records?
Yes   No A student worker in your department wants to use the student database to gather contact information (including address) of graduating students for a graduation celebration.  Although this might not sound like a good idea, strictly speaking, is it in violation of FERPA?
Yes   No You receive a frantic phone call from an individual who says he is a student's father and must get in touch with him/her immediately because of a family emergency.  Can you tell him when and where his/her next class is?
Yes   No You receive a phone call from the local police department indicating that they are trying to determine whether a particular student was in attendance on a specific day. Since they are in the middle of an investigation, are you allowed to give them this information?
Yes   No Does FERPA prohibit the disclosure of the work address and telephone number of an alumnus by the Alumni Office?
Yes   No An unauthorized person retrieves information from a computer screen that was left unattended. Under FERPA, is the institution responsible?