Updated for the 2006 IDEA Part B Regulations! Beyond FERPA helps you understand the rules governing confidentiality of student records under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), providing citations to, and discussion of, relevant provisions of the 2006 IDEA Part B regulations. This pamphlet examines student records unique to special education, such as due process hearing decisions, SEA complaint decisions and IEP documents.

You learn the similarities and differences between the protections offered by the IDEA and FERPA -- to ensure you comply with the law. Plus, Beyond FERPA provides expanded discussions of several topics, including rights of noncustodial parents and rights of parents to access test protocols. This pamphlet also emphasizes the IDEA's unique provisions affording greater parental access and imposing more stringent requirements for safeguarding confidentiality of education records.

And, for easy reference, this must-have pamphlet covers recent judicial rulings, administrative decisions, and opinion letters from FPCO and OSEP on student privacy issues.