Notification of Student Privacy Rights Under FERPA
Annual Notification of Your Student Privacy Rights Under FERPA
As a Manhattan Tech student, it's important to understand your rights regarding access to
and disclosure of information in your education record. The Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA) affords you the right to:
- Inspect and review your education record
- Request amendment of your education record
- Consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information in your education record
- File a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education (Student Privacy Policy Office, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202)
To review or request an amendment to your record, contact the Registrar's office that
maintains the record.
Release of Information
Under FERPA, the college may release education record information if the disclosure is:
- To Manhattan Tech officials who have a legitimate educational interest.
- To officials of another institution at which you seek or intend to enroll.
- To authorized representatives of federal, state, or local educational authorities.
- In connection with financial aid, you've applied for or received.
- To an organization conducting studies for or on behalf of the college.
- To your parents or guardians (if you are a dependent student for tax purposes).
- To an accrediting organization.
- To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena.
- In connection with a health or safety emergency or other exception under FERPA.
- To fulfill a request for data that Manhattan Tech defines as directory information.
Directory information is student data contained in education records that would not
generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. Student data that
is not directory information may only be released with your documented consent.
To authorize third-party access to your non-directory information, complete the Consent to
Release Information Form (Login Required).
You may restrict the release of directory information by placing full privacy on your record.
Please note that students with full privacy are treated the same as other students in
instructional settings, including within physical and virtual classrooms. Their name, image
and email address may appear on screen and in the learning management system, and
instructors may call on them by name.
