Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a U.S. federal law that protects the privacy of student education records and governs access to and disclosure of those records by educational institutions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act canonical | 3 |
| FERPA | 2 |
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6167340 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Context triple: [Office for Civil Rights, legalMandate, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act]
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A.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a U.S. federal law that guarantees eligible children with disabilities the right to a free appropriate public education and related services tailored to their individual needs.
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B.
Equal Educational Opportunities Act
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act is a U.S. federal law that prohibits discrimination in education and requires schools to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation by students.
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C.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal law that greatly expanded federal funding and support for public K–12 education, particularly for disadvantaged students.
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D.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates how websites and online services collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13.
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E.
Every Student Succeeds Act
The Every Student Succeeds Act is a U.S. federal education law enacted in 2015 that replaced No Child Left Behind and shifts significant accountability and decision-making authority from the federal government to states and local school districts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Target entity description: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a U.S. federal law that protects the privacy of student education records and governs access to and disclosure of those records by educational institutions.
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A.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a U.S. federal law that guarantees eligible children with disabilities the right to a free appropriate public education and related services tailored to their individual needs.
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B.
Equal Educational Opportunities Act
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act is a U.S. federal law that prohibits discrimination in education and requires schools to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation by students.
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C.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal law that greatly expanded federal funding and support for public K–12 education, particularly for disadvantaged students.
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D.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates how websites and online services collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13.
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E.
Every Student Succeeds Act
The Every Student Succeeds Act is a U.S. federal education law enacted in 2015 that replaced No Child Left Behind and shifts significant accountability and decision-making authority from the federal government to states and local school districts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
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education privacy law ⓘ student privacy law ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
FERPA
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linked to:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
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| administeredBy |
U.S. Department of Education
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linked to:
United States Department of Education
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| ageThresholdForStudentControl |
18
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attendance at a postsecondary institution ⓘ |
| allowsDisclosureWithoutConsent |
in a health or safety emergency
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in connection with financial aid ⓘ of directory information if notice and opt-out are provided ⓘ to comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena ⓘ to school officials with legitimate educational interests ⓘ to schools in which a student seeks or intends to enroll ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
educational agencies and institutions receiving U.S. Department of Education funds
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most private postsecondary institutions receiving federal funds ⓘ public schools ⓘ students in institutions receiving federal education funds ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| definesTerm |
directory information
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education records ⓘ personally identifiable information ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1974 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Student Privacy Policy Office
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U.S. Department of Education ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Education
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| fullName |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
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linked to:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
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| grantsRightTo |
consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information from education records
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file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education ⓘ inspect and review education records ⓘ request amendment of inaccurate or misleading records ⓘ |
| oftenComparedWith | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ⓘ |
| penaltyForNonCompliance | potential loss of federal education funds ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
govern access to student education records
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protect privacy of student education records ⓘ regulate disclosure of student education records ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
United States education law
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linked to:
United States federal education laws
data protection in education ⓘ student privacy ⓘ |
| rightsHolder |
eligible students
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parents of eligible students ⓘ |
| scope |
K–12 education
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postsecondary education ⓘ |
| shiftsRightsFrom | parents ⓘ |
| shiftsRightsTo | eligible students ⓘ |
| shortName |
FERPA
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linked to:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
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| signedBy | Gerald Ford ⓘ |
| titleInUSCode | 20 U.S.C. § 1232g ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1974 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Description of subject: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a U.S. federal law that protects the privacy of student education records and governs access to and disclosure of those records by educational institutions.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
OCR
linked to: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
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fullName
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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
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linked to: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
linked to: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
graduate student records at Texas Tech University
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governedBy
→
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
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