The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords eligible students certain rights with respect to their education records. These rights include:

  1. The student has the right to inspect and review his/her academic record within 45 days after the day on which the Registrar's Office Universidad del Sagrado Corazón Heart ("Sagrado" or "University") receives a request for access. The student must submit to the Registrar's Office a written request that identifies the record the student wishes to inspect. The Registrar's Office will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the record may be inspected.
  2. A student has the right to request that an education record be amended if the student believes the record is inaccurate, misleading, or violates the student's privacy rights under FERPA. A student who wishes to request an amendment to a record should write to the Registrar's Office, clearly identify the part of the record the student wants changed, and specify why it should be changed. If the Registrar's Office decides not to amend the record as requested, the student will be notified in writing of the decision and of the student's right to a hearing regarding the amendment request. When the student is notified of the right to a hearing, the student will also be provided with additional information about the hearing procedures.
  1. Before the Registrar's Office discloses personally identifiable information (PII) from the student's education record, the student has the right to consent in writing to such disclosure, except where FERPA authorizes disclosure without prior consent. The Registrar's Office may disclose information from the student's education record without the student's prior written consent before the Registrar's Office discloses personally identifiable information (PII) from the student's education record to university personnel with a legitimate educational interest. University personnel generally include an individual employed by the university. Sagrado in an administrative, supervisory, teaching, research, or support position (including security personnel and health care employees); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee. It may also include a volunteer or contractor outside of Sagrado who performs a service for the university for which the school would use its own employees and who is under the direct control of the university with respect to the use and maintenance of PII from education records such as an attorney, auditor, collection agency, or a student who volunteers to assist another university employee. University personnel generally have a legitimate academic interest if the employee needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibilities to the university. Sagrado.
  1. Sagrado may also disclose academic records without the student's consent to personnel at another institution in which a student is interested or intends to enroll. Sagrado will make a reasonable attempt to notify the student of the disclosure except where the student requests the disclosure or the disclosure is initiated by the student.
  2. The right to file a complaint with the federal Department of Education regarding alleged violations of Sagrado to comply with FERPA requirements. The name and address of the office that administers FERPA is:

Family Policy Compliance Office
US Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202

Directory Information

Sagrado, at its discretion, may provide the following directory information: student name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, date and place of birth, major field of study, dates of attendance, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, degrees, honors, and awards received, and most recent educational agency or institution attended, and other similar information.

When a student wishes that Sagrado withhold directory information from disclosure must notify the Registrar's Office in writing within ten (10) days of the first day of class of each semester. If this form is not received in the Registrar's Office by the end of the third week of classes, it will be assumed that the above information may be disclosed.

A student's request to have directory information withheld will remain in effect until the student notifies the Registrar's Office in writing that he or she no longer wishes to have directory information withheld from his or her record. To have the hold permanently removed, the student must submit a written request to record@sagrado.edu.

Notice of Rights under FERPA (Rev. 2020.04.15)
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