When Emails Become Student Records Under FERPA (30-2009)

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application/pdf icon30-2009 - When Emails Become Student Records Under FERPA (MHF).pdf
Published Date: 
2009-11-16
Contact: 

Marko H. Fong, Assistant General Counsel mfong@sclscal.org

In the matter of SA, a minor v. Tulare County Office of Education and California Department of Education, a Federal District court recently clarified that emails about a student do not automatically become educational records under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) simply because they have been kept on a server.

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