Introducing the ideal in-service tutorial to help your administrative, professional and paraprofessional staff understand students’ and parents’ rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act — and successfully handle complex student privacy and records issues. Broken down into basic guidelines and key concepts, FERPA Made Simple covers the crucial student-records issues educators face day to day, including how and when to: establish procedures for parental inspection and review; lawfully release student records — and discern the FERPA exceptions to prior written consent; amend the contents of a student’s record; and much more. FERPA Made Simple also details the interaction between FERPA and other federal laws impacting student privacy — including the IDEA, NCLB and HIPAA — to ensure your staff complies with every legal requirement, every time.