{"id":29,"date":"2020-04-14T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ferpa\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:19:13","slug":"family-education-rights-and-privacy-act-ferpa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ferpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"body #gform_wrapper_12 { background-image: url(\/images\/blue_background.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; height: 580px; width: 390px; } alignright wp-image-50\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwdev.uwm.edu\/ferpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2013\/10\/43a71f3f-ab17-4a24-b5ce-5ad99d158426.jpg\" alt=\"Two overlapping circles, one dark blue and one orange, each filled with the repeated word \u2018FERPA.\u2019 The acronym \u2018FERPA\u2019 appears prominently in white at the center of the overlap. To the right, orange text reads \u2018Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).\u2019 The graphic represents FERPA, a law protecting student education records and privacy.\" width=\"556\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Ferpa<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) <\/strong>of 1974 as amended requires that you be advised of your rights concerning your education records and of certain categories of public information which the university has designated \u201cdirectory information.\u201d This information will help you learn more about what your rights are, provide your parents with a resource to help them understand FERPA and assist you in understanding what UWM faculty and staff are required to do to protect your privacy.<\/p>\n<p>For detailed information about FERPA and related UWM Policies and Processes <a class=\"no-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ferpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2025\/07\/FERPA_Manual_07012025.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">please view our FERPA Manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn from <a href=\"\/ferpa\/ferpa-tutorial\/\">the FERPA Tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ferpa\/quiz\/\"><button type=\"submit\">Begin the FERPA Quiz<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<div class='content-column one_sixth last_column'><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferpa The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 as amended requires that you be advised of your rights concerning your education records and of certain categories of public information which the university has designated \u201cdirectory information.\u201d This&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ferpa\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - FERPA Information<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Understand FERPA at UWM\u2014your rights to privacy and access to educational records. 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