Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.<>
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights trans/pfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."
For more information on this law please check out the following site:
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html