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<p class="MsoNormal">from my law professor at SWOSU<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#030A13">When a student turns 18 years old or enters a postsecondary institution at any age, these rights under FERPA transfer from the student's parents to the student. Under FERPA, a
student to whom the rights have transferred is known as an "eligible student." Although the law does say that the parents' rights afforded by FERPA transfer to the "eligible student," FERPA clearly provides ways in which an institution can share education
records on the student with his or her parents.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#030A13">While concerns have been expressed about the limitations on the release of information, there are exceptions to FERPA's general rule that educational agencies and institutions
subject to FERPA may not have a policy or practice of disclosing "education records" without the written consent of the parent (at the K-12 level) or the "eligible student."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#2D8700">When may a school disclose information to parents of dependent students?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#030A13">Under FERPA, schools may release any and all information to parents, without the consent of the eligible student, if the student is a dependent for tax purposes under the IRS
rules.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The student need not sign anything. By
virtue of their age, their rights transfer. A counselor in this situation has an ethical responsibility to inform the student of their rights and how to proceed.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Connie Miller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Principal Texhoma Schools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">connie.miller@texhoma61.net<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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