{"id":2796,"date":"2026-01-14T15:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:40:37","slug":"understanding-your-students-privacy-an-important-note-about-ferpa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/understanding-your-students-privacy-an-important-note-about-ferpa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Your Student&#8217;s Privacy: An Important Note About FERPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear OWU\u00a0Families, as your student continues their journey at Ohio Wesleyan, it\u2019s a good time to become familiar with a federal law called the\u00a0Family\u00a0Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). This law protects the privacy of your student\u2019s educational records. Once a student enrolls at a university, the rights previously held by parents transfer to the student, regardless of age. This means that we cannot share details about your student\u2019s grades, academic standing, or financial information without their explicit consent.<\/p>\n<p>We understand you may want to stay informed about your student&#8217;s progress. OWU provides a way for students to grant you access to their records. Your student can visit the Office of the Registrar&#8217;s\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/ferpa-rights-and-privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/ferpa-rights-and-privacy\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768509507748000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rmWdSjRjOclXsCymMdWRQ\">FERPA\u00a0page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for instructions on how to authorize the release of their information to you. Thank you for your partnership in your student&#8217;s success!<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Office of the Registrar<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Lee Richards at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:registrar@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registrar@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear OWU\u00a0Families, as your student continues their journey at Ohio Wesleyan, it\u2019s a good time to become familiar with a federal law called the\u00a0Family\u00a0Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). This law protects the privacy of your student\u2019s educational records. Once a student enrolls at a university, the rights previously held by parents transfer to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[416,417,308],"class_list":["post-2796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-owu-resources","tag-access","tag-ferpa","tag-privacy"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2797,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions\/2797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}