FERPA allows schools to disclose personally identifiable information from education records, without a
student’s consent, under certain circumstances. Among the exceptions are:
Directory Information. One exception allows SAIC to disclose “directory information” without your written
consent. SAIC designates the following as “directory information”:
Student name(s)
Student address(es), electronic address(es) (e-mail) and telephone number(s)
Dates of admission/attendance
Academic Program
Degrees and awards received
Participation in officially recognized activities
Previous institutions attended
Date and place of birth
Expected graduation date
Hours enrolled and enrollment status (full-time, part-time, not enrolled, and/or withdrawn and date
of withdrawal)
If you wish to have your directory information withheld, you must submit a written request to the Office of
Registration and Records. You may give such notice at any time, but it will only be effective prospectively. You
must be a currently enrolled student to make this request.
Health and Safety Emergencies. Another exception allows SAIC to notify a student’s parent, guardian, or
emergency contact, regardless of the student’s age, status, or conduct, in health or safety emergencies, which
may include hospitalizations or when, in the School’s judgment, the health or well-being of the student or
others may be at risk. The School may also contact parents or guardians of students under the age of 21 who
violate any federal, state, or local law and/or the School’s policies, which govern the use or possession of
alcohol or controlled substances.
Legitimate Educational Interests. Another exception allows for disclosure to school officials with legitimate
educational interests. A school official is a person employed by SAIC in an administrative, supervisory,
academic, research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a
person serving on the board of trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a student
conduct board meeting. A school official also may include a volunteer or contractor outside of the SAIC who
performs an institutional service of function for which SAIC would otherwise use its own employees and who is
under the direct control of SAIC with respect to the use and maintenance of personally identifiable information
from education records, such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent or a student volunteering to assist
another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if
the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibilities for the
SAIC.
Upon request, SAIC also discloses education records without consent to officials of another school in which a
student seeks or intends to enroll.
More information on these and other exceptions is available on the Family Policy Compliance Office’s FERPA
webpage: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html.
4) The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by SAIC to
comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is: Family
Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202.
Questions
Questions regarding FERPA should be directed to the Director of Registration and Records.