FERPA exceptions

Although not required, institutions may release information from student records without prior consent:

As directory information.
To school officials with legitimate educational interest (as defined by institution within FERPA guidelines).
To schools in which the student seeks or intends to enroll.
To federal, state and local authorities involving an audit or evaluation of compliance with education programs.
In connection with financial aid.
To organizations conducting studies of or on behalf of educational institutions (provided the institutions research board has cleared the research).
To accrediting agencies.
To comply with a judicial order or subpoena.
In health or safety emergencies.
Results of disciplinary hearings.
Results of disciplinary hearing to an alleged victim of a crime of violence.
Final results of a disciplinary hearing concerning a student who is an alleged perpetrator of a crime of violence and who is found to have committed a violation of the institution’s rules or policies.
To parents of students under 21 if the institution determines that the student has committed a violation of its drug or alcohol rules or policies (regardless of the student’s dependent status).

Legitimate educational interest

The College discloses education records without a student's prior written consent to school officials with legitimate educational interests.

A school official is a person employed by the College in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person or company with whom the College has contracted as its agent to provide a service instead of using University employees or officials (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks.

A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibilities for the College.