{"id":187,"date":"2015-01-20T08:26:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T14:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:19:08","slug":"ferpa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/legal\/resources\/ferpa\/","title":{"rendered":"FERPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Family Educational Rights Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) provides students rights with respect to their education records. 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