Notice of Policies Regarding Student Access to Education Records at Trinity College (FERPA Rights)

In conformance with requirements established by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C.§1232g, (“FERPA”) and federal regulations related thereto, Trinity College hereby provides notice of procedures and policies regarding student access to education records maintained by and at the College. It is the intent of Trinity College to comply fully with all provisions of the act, and for that reason, the College’s prior procedures and policies have been revised so that they are consistent with the requirements and perceived intent of both the act and regulations interpreting the act. The College’s procedures and policies must, of course, remain subject to any future modification made necessary or appropriate as a result of subsequent legislation; regulations; or judicial, federal, or administrative interpretations of the act.

What follows is an explanation of the act and the regulations, and a description of the procedures and policies adopted by the College in compliance with the legislation. Questions regarding the legislation and Trinity guidelines should be addressed to the President’s Office. Copies of the act and the regulations are available for review in that office.

The purpose of the act, as it applies to Trinity College, is twofold:

a)      to give presently or formerly enrolled Trinity students access to their individual education records maintained at the College, and

b)      to protect such students’ rights to privacy by limiting the transfer of their records without their consent.