Forms:
Policy:
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
FERPA is a Federal law that is administered by the Family Policy Compliance Office (Office) in the U.S. Department of Education (Department). 20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99. FERPA applies to educational agencies and institutions (e.g., schools) that receive funding under any program administered by the Department. The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act does not allow higher education institutions to discriminate disclosure of information to third parties, including parents, regardless of age. LCU does not discriminate against students with regard to age. If a student is appropriately admitted to LCU, all University policies and procedures apply. All enrolled students fall under all FERPA and HIPA laws and guidelines regardless of age. When a student reaches 18 years of age or attends a postsecondary institution, he or she becomes an “eligible student,” and all rights under FERPA transfer from the parent to the student. The term “education records” is defined as those records that contain information directly related to a student and which are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a party acting for the agency or institution.
Louisiana Christian University will disclose information from a student’s educational records only with the written consent of the student except in certain legally permissible situations, i.e., to University officials who have a legitimate educational interest in the records, to certain government or other public officials, and to parents of an eligible student who claim the student as a dependent for income tax purposes. However, information designated by LCU for directory purposes, or the results of any disciplinary proceeding conducted by the University alleging a sex offense of the accused may be released without the student’s consent. A student may grant the University the right to release confidential information, such as grades, academic progress reports, class attendance records, financial aid, disciplinary actions, financial account information to parent(s)/ guardian(s)/ spouse by completing and signing the Student Consent to Release Confidential Information Form. To ensure that the identity of the person who is making the request is the student, the student must show his/her LCU student ID, and the form must be submitted in person to the Office of the Registrar, Alexandria Hall, Room 145 and/or Office of Student Support Services, Hixon Student Center. For distance education students, the online form can be submitted through the student’s assigned University email with a scanned copy of his/her LCU student ID. The form can be downloaded from the Registrar’s website.
Directory Information
Louisiana Christian University designates the following items as Directory Information: student name, address, telephone number, email address, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards/honors received, full or part-time enrollment status, most recent previous school attended, and photographs. The University may disclose any of those items without prior written consent, unless the student completes and submits to the Records Office the Request to Prevent Disclosure of Directory Information Form within the first two weeks of classes each semester. The form can be downloaded from the Registrar’s website.
