Student Handbook 2021

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Records Policy Educational Rights & Privacy Act

All policieswith regardto student records shall conformwith the FamilyEducational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 1974. Specific policies described beloware intended to supplement the rights and assure the safeguards providedby FERPAand to clarify student records policy at the SUNY College of Optometry. Public Records 1) Thefollowinginformationrelatedtoastudent isconsidered“directoryinformation”andtheCollege reservesthe right todisclose it toanyone inquiringwithout thestudent’sconsentunlessthestudent, within10daysof thebeginningof eachacademic year, informs theOfficeof Student Affairs ,in writing, thatthisinformationisnottobemadepublic.Directoryinformationis name,permanent addressandtelephone,localaddressandtelephone. 2) Disclosureof Information a) The student directory information ismade available to students, faculty and administrative staff oftheCollegefortheirownuseonly.Itmaynotbeduplicatedordisseminatedinany waybythe recipient. b) The Student Directory, in full or in part, is not disseminated to outside agencies, business concerns, orprivateindividualswithout theconsentof thevicepresident forstudentaffairs . c) Noofficemaintaininganeducational recordofastudentwilldiscloseanypersonally identifiable informationfromthatrecordtoanyoneotherthanthestudenthim/herself withoutthewritten consentof thestudent,exceptasprovidedbelow. d) Therecordsof the studentwill bedisclosedwithout his/herwrittenconsent toacademic and administrativeofficerswithintheCollegewhohavealegitimateeducational interestinthe information.“Legitimateeducational interest”meansthedemonstratedneedtoknowby those personswhoact inthestudent’seducational interest.This includes the following personsandtheir professionalandclericalstaffactingundertheirinstructions: i) Vicepresident anddean for academic affairsor associatedean forgraduate studies and research fortheprograminvolved, ii) Staffof theOfficeofStudentAffairs, iii) President, iv) Committees on Course &Standing, v) Facultyofeachclassonlyforstudentsunderacademicdifficulties, vi) SUNYAdministrationinAlbanyforTheSUNYInstitutionalResearchInformationSystem (SIRIS). vii) Someone fromanoutside partywith a legitimate right toknowasdefinedby the FERPA.

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