STUDENT PRIVACY POLICY OFFICE
FERPA & Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The Department’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) prepared this document to assist school officials working with public health officials in managing public health issues related to COVID-19, while protecting the privacy of students’ education records. Understanding FERPA helps enable school officials to act quickly and with certainty when confronting challenges that affect the health or safety of students or other individuals.