{"id":1056,"date":"2020-10-15T20:14:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T20:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/admissions\/?page_id=1056"},"modified":"2021-02-21T19:29:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T19:29:20","slug":"privacy-policy-ferpa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/admissions\/student-accounts\/about-your-bill\/privacy-policy-ferpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy (FERPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Marymount University complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), as amended (Public Law 93-380).\u00a0 This Act is designed to protect the privacy of students by giving them rights concerning their educational records.<\/p>\n
The University may release information to the parents of a student, without the student\u2019s written consent, only if the student is a dependent as defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.\u00a0\u00a0The payment of a student\u2019s tuition by the parent does not, by itself, give the parent the right of access to a student\u2019s record.<\/strong><\/p>\n The University may disclose information to parents or legal guardians of dependent children if one of the following procedures is met:<\/p>\n 1. Submission of the\u00a0student\u2019s written consent. \u00a0<\/strong>This would be in the form of a simple letter authorizing the Student Accounts Office to disclose financial information to his or her parent.<\/p>\n 2. Submission of a copy of the first page of a parent\u2019s or legal guardian\u2019s income tax return, which shows that the\u00a0 requesting parent or legal guardian did claim the child\/student as a dependent on the most preceding year\u2019s\u00a0 U.S. federal income tax return.\u00a0 We need to see only the front page of the federal 1040 tax return that shows the student as a tax dependent.\u00a0 You may cover the actual financial information.\u00a0 When the parents or legal guardians are divorced, we will accept a copy of a court decree (or a Settlement Agreement incorporated into the court decree) that gives one party or the other the right to claim the child\/student as a dependent for federal income tax purposes.<\/p>\n Students may allow the University to disclose information to other parties (i.e. spouse, non-custodial parent, and employer) by providing the appropriate office with a written authorization. The FERPA form can be downloaded\u00a0<\/a>here<\/a>. When completed, please return to the Registrar’s Office located in Rowley Hall.<\/p>\n You will be asked to supply this information once during each academic year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marymount University complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), as amended (Public Law 93-380).\u00a0 This Act is designed to protect the privacy of students by giving them rights concerning their educational records. The University may release information to the parents of a student, without the student\u2019s written consent, only if […]<\/p>\n