To protect the privacy of information concerning individual students by placing certain restrictions on the disclosure of information contained in a student’s academic records.
The purpose of The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is to protect the privacy of information concerning individual students by placing certain restrictions on the disclosure of information contained in a student’s academic records. In order for San Joaquin Delta College to honor a verbal or written request or request by proxy for information by anyone other than the individual student, a signed authorization from the student must be on file.