The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law designed to protect the privacy of student education records and ensure that parents and eligible students (students over the age of 18 or those attending postsecondary institutions) have access to and control over their personal education information. FERPA is essential for safeguarding the rights of students and ensuring that schools handle student records responsibly. In this article, we will explore what FERPA is, how it protects student records, and what rights parents and eligible students are entitled to under this law.

Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), schools have a duty to protect the privacy of all students. However, more often than not, parent request to view video footage is denied citing FERPA. The law is for the protection of the student and but such protections were not intended to keep information from the parents of child in certain circumstances.