Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The College designates the following as directory information and will release it without prior written consent unless the student has informed the Registrar in writing during the annual notification period that they do not want their directory information released.
The directory information includes:
- Legal Name
- Address
- Telephone Number
- Photograph or Likeness
- Date and Place of Birth
- College-assigned email address
- Major Field of Study
- Participation in Officially Recognized Activities and Sports
- Weight and Height of Members of Athletic Teams
- Dates of Attendance at FLCC
- Degrees, Certificates, and Awards Received
- Eligibility for Honor Societies
- Most Recent Previous Educational Agency or Institution Attended by the Student
- Dean's List Qualification
- Military Access to Education Records (Solomon Act)
- Alcohol and Controlled Substance Notification (Beau's Law)
The Solomon Amendment (10 U.S.C. §982: 32 C.F.R. 216.65 F.R. 2056) is not part of FERPA, but it allows military organizations to access information ordinarily restricted under FERPA for military recruiting. Specifically, the Solomon Amendment permits Department of Defense entities to physically access institutional facilities to recruit students and to obtain students' names, addresses, phone numbers, ages, classes, and degree programs once every term. The Solomon Amendment applies only to enrolled students over the age of 17.
In accordance with FERPA and New York State Education Law §6438-d (Beau’s law), the Alcohol and Controlled Substance Notification Policy establishes the framework under which Finger Lakes Community College may notify a student’s parent(s), guardian(s), or designated emergency contact(s) when a student under 21 is involved in certain alcohol- or controlled substance-related violations or incidents.
Students have the right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education regarding alleged failures by Finger Lakes Community College to comply with FERPA requirements. The name and address of the office that administers FERPA is:
U.S. Department of Education
Student Privacy Policy Office
400 Maryland Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20202