FHTC affords all its students their full rights as provided by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Unless specified in writing by the student, FHTC may release to anyone requesting such information the following “directory” information about the student:
The College will not release any other information or records of a student to another party, except as explained below, without the written consent of the student. Such consent shall include the specific information or records to be released, the purpose(s) of such release, the party or parties to whom the information or records is/are to be released, the date of the request, and the student’s signature.
The College will not release any other information or records of a student to another party, except as explained below, without the written consent of the student. Such consent shall include the specific information or records to be released, the purpose(s) of such release, the party or parties to whom the information or records is/are to be released, the date of the request, and the student’s signature.
“Personally identifiable” information includes the name of the student, the student’s parent(s), other family members, the address of the student’s parent(s), personal identifiers such as social security or student numbers, personal characteristics or other information that would make the student’s identity easily traceable.
The College may disclose personally identifiable information without the consent of the student to College officials within the institution determined to have legitimate educational interests; to authorities to comply with judicial order or subpoena, provided the College makes a reasonable effort to notify the student in advance of compliance, except that the College will not disclose to any person any information about a grand jury subpoena or a subpoena issued for a law enforcement purpose; and when required by law or government regulation.
The College may disclose personally identifiable information without the consent of the student to certain officials of the U.S. Department of Education, the Kansas Board of Regents, the Comptroller General and state and local educational authorities in connection with an audit or evaluation of Federal or State supported education programs, or for the enforcement of or compliance with Federal legal requirement which relate to those programs.
The College may disclose personally identifiable information from the education records of a student without a student’s consent to financial aid personnel in conjunction with an application for financial assistance for purposes of determining the student’s eligibility for financial aid, the amount of financial aid, the conditions that will be imposed, or to enforce the terms or conditions of financial aid.
The College, may, at its discretion, release personally identifiable information in the event of an emergency if, in the considered opinion of a college official, disclosure of the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other individual(s).
The College may disclose personally identifiable information without the consent of the student to governmental agencies or organizations acting on behalf of governmental agencies, which have a legitimate purpose for such information in the conduct of research, to administer student aid programs, to improve instruction, or to carry out accreditation functions.
The Dean of Enrollment Management shall maintain documentation of requests and disclosures of personally identifiable information form a student’s education records. The documentation shall include the name(s) of the person(s) making the request, whether the request was granted or denied, the names of the additional parties to whom the receiving may disclose the information on behalf of the institution and their legitimate interests in the information. Records of requests for information will not be maintained for requests made by the student, requests for which the student has given written consent, requests made by College officials with legitimate educational interests or requests for directory information.
The College must inform the parties to whom personally identifiable information is given that they are not permitted to disclose that information to others without the written consent of the student and that the information is to be used only for the purpose(s) intended. If it is learned by the college that a third party outside the College permits access to personally identifiable information, the College shall not permit access to information from education records to that third party for a period of not less than five years.
College students wishing to restrict disclosure of any of the above information should make such a request through the Dean of Enrollment Management. FHTC will not release any other information or records of a student, except as provided in FHTC policy, without the written consent of the student.