(notification)

 The most common means of notifying students of their rights under FERPA are in student handbooks, newspapers and catalogs.

 The simplest way for an agency or institution to author a FERPA compliant annual notification is to download the model document from the U.S. Department of Education Family Policy Compliance Office website—and simply add in your institution’s name.

 E-mail may be used as the means of annual notification if all students at the institution have e-mail addresses.

 Those with access to student records via institutional databases (e.g., student workers) must be designated as a “school official” in the school’s annual notification.