🎓 FERPA Awareness Training🎓
RSVP: FERPA Awareness Training
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Location: MUC - Hickory, Hackberry Room
Do you have questions about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?
How does FERPA affect you in your University responsibilities?
Featured Expert: LeRoy Rooker
LeRoy Rooker, AACRAO Senior Fellow and former Director of the Family Compliance Office at the U.S. Department of Education, will conduct comprehensive FERPA training sessions. He is widely considered the nation's leading expert on FERPA.
You will receive an in-depth overview of the FERPA regulations, including the latest changes to the regulations that impact higher education institutions. We encourage all participants to bring their FERPA-related questions to any session you choose to attend.
Schedule of Event Sessions on Thursday:
- 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM - FERPA Awareness Training - Open to all staff, faculty, and administrators
- 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM - FERPA Awareness Training - Open to all staff, faculty, and administrators (Repeat of the 9am session)
- 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM - FERPA Deeper Dive - Open for Enrollment Management, Institutional Research, and ITS Staff
Topics Covered Include:
- How to interpret and comply with FERPA
- Why FERPA affects every part of the institution
- The rights of the student
- When a parent can be given access to education records
- What is an education record
- How to respond to subpoenas, summons, and other law enforcement requests
- How FERPA impacts distance learning, e-mail, and Internet use
- How FERPA applies to health or safety emergencies
- How education records and law enforcement unit records differ
- How medical records are treated under FERPA
- HIPAA vs. FERPA
- And much, much more!
Target Audience
This event is recommended for all University staff and faculty who interact, oversee, or administer student educational records. Also, these sessions are for any University staff and faculty who want to expand their knowledge around FERPA.
Typical attendees include: Staff from admissions, student affairs, enrollment services, IT, law enforcement, health and counseling, judicial affairs, records managers, the registrar's office, as well as faculty and administrators.
This event is offered by SIUE's Office of the Registrar at no charge to participants.
