34 CFR 99.30 FERPA · Part 99: FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY · Subpart D: May an Educational Agency or Institution Disclose Personally Identifiable Information From Education Records?
34 CFR 99.30 FERPA: Under what conditions is prior consent required to disclose information?
eCFR, up to date as of 29 October 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
Official text
The parent or eligible student shall provide a signed and dated written consent before an educational agency or institution discloses personally identifiable information from the student's education records, except as provided in § 99.31.
The written consent must:
Specify the records that may be disclosed;
State the purpose of the disclosure; and
Identify the party or class of parties to whom the disclosure may be made.
When a disclosure is made under paragraph (a) of this section:
If a parent or eligible student so requests, the educational agency or institution shall provide him or her with a copy of the records disclosed; and
If the parent of a student who is not an eligible student so requests, the agency or institution shall provide the student with a copy of the records disclosed.
“Signed and dated written consent” under this part may include a record and signature in electronic form that—
Identifies and authenticates a particular person as the source of the electronic consent; and
Indicates such person's approval of the information contained in the electronic consent.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1232g (b)(1) and (b)(2)(A))
Source: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), title 34, up to date as of 29 October 2026, from the eCFR API (ecfr.gov). The eCFR is an editorial compilation of the CFR and Federal Register amendments, not an official legal edition of the CFR.
Source credit: [53 FR 11943, Apr. 11, 1988, as amended at 58 FR 3189, Jan. 7, 1993; 69 FR 21671, Apr. 21, 2004]
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