Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
When your child was in elementary and high school, the gave you and your child rights to access your child's educational records. Now that your child is in college, these same laws transfer ownership of the records directly to your son or daughter. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for administering the at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
If your child provides consent via the online , you may have access to some elements of your child's financial aid record.
If the Office of Financial Aid determines you are authorized, we can then release information in our file, except for the following:
- Student tax forms
- Student employment records
- Professional judgment documents related to the student's special circumstances
- Information belonging to other parent
- Any information the student specifies should not be released
In the case of divorced/remarried parents, we sometimes are asked for information on file that is personal to the other parent. Although a student may have authorized multiple parents to have access to the financial aid record, we will not release information that belongs to the other parent. Our office is committed to serving our students and families efficiently while protecting the privacy of all parties involved.
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Security Access & Authorizations
FERPA - enables the university to talk to your parents about your educational records. There are other types of authorization:
- CU Guest Access: enables your parents to some of your education record online.
- Security Passphrase: a step to your identity before we can disclose any information.
- Authorized Payer Access: allows others to pay your university bill.
- Apply Aid to All University Charges: authorize aid to pay other university charges.