Parental access to student records

Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, when a student turns 18 years of age or attends a post secondary institution, the student, and not the parent, may access, seek to

amend, and consent to disclosures of his or her education records. Students who wish to authorize access to their confidential student record information may use the Third Party

Access feature available in Self Service. In rare circumstances, the University may invoke the FERPA exception which allows the institution to provide information to parents if the parent

can prove their student is dependent by IRS standards.

Release information from your student records to a third party

In compliance with the Federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and the University Policy on Access to and Release of Student Education Records, the University is

prohibited from providing certain information from your student records to a third party, such as information on grades, billing, tuition and fees assessments, financial aid (including

scholarships, grants, work-study, or loan amounts) and other student record information. This restriction applies, but is not limited to your parents, your spouse, a sponsor, etc.

While University officials are prohibited from releasing your confidential information, you may, at your discretion, grant permission to a third party to portions of your record via Self

Service in One.IU.

To pursue granting of Third Party Access:

You must set up a separate record for each third party to whom you grant access to information from your student records.
The information you designate will only be made available through the third party Access link in One.IU.
This authorization does not authorize the third party guest to receive information from the University by any other methods, such as phone, email, or in-person visit.
University officials continue to be prohibited from discussing your record with third parties.
When you click the "I Accept" button as part of the process, you are indicating that:
You understand that any and all personally identifiable information is protected under FERPA.
You further understand that you may waive that protection and give access to your records to individuals of your choice.
You agree to waive your rights under FERPA and allow the individual(s) you name to access designated financial and academic records as they are
available through the self service Third Party Access application.
You understand that you are responsible for changing, amending or rescinding this authorization at any time.
You understand that this access will be revoked when your access to self service expires.
You are responsible for making clear to the third parties to whom you grant access that this does not allow for University officials to release any
information. This access is strictly limited to the self service application.

Please note that your authorization to release information will expire when your access to self service Self Service expires. At that time your third party guest's access will also expire.

However, you may revoke your authorization at any time by removing access permission from a third party guest viewer through One.IU. Access can be revoked by deleting the record

assigning access to your third party guest.

Availability of Public Information

Certain student information maintained in the Office of the Registrar is considered public. The complete list appears above. The university maintains an on-line address book which

allows a user to find a limited set of information for an individual student by searching on a student's name or university network id. The address book displays the student's school,

and, if available, the student's e-mail address.

IUPUI uses a course management system called Oncourse. Through use of Oncourse, all students enrolled in a course section will see the names of their classmates unless a student

has filed a restraint of information in the Office of the Registrar (see below). The list of names is only available to the instructor and those enrolled in the specific class and does not

provide a students complete course schedule. A students course enrollment is available only to students enrolled in that course section and not to anyone outside of the university.

Only the name will appear unless the individual student releases additional information to fellow classmates through use of the Oncourse Profile system.

Restraint of Release of Student Information

If you do not want all or some of the information released to any person other than IUPUI faculty or staff, complete a Restraint of Release of Student Information Form and return it to

the IUPUI Office of the Registrar. A confidentiality flag will be added to your record by the Office of the Registrar. The restrainer will also block all information from appearing in the on-

line address book or to classmates in Oncourse.

To remove the restrainer, complete a Removal of the Restraint of Release of Student Information Form and return it to the IUPUI Office of the Registrar.
 Possible Federal and State Data Collection and Use

As of January 3, 2012, the U.S. Department of Educations FERPA regulations expand the circumstances under which your education records and personally identifiable information

contained in such recordsincluding your Social Security Number, grades, or other private informationmay be accessed without your consent.

1. The U.S. Comptroller General, the U.S. Attorney General, the U.S. Secretary of Education, or state and local education authorities (Federal and State Authorities) may
allow access to your records and personally identifiable information without your consent to any third party designated by a Federal or State Authority to evaluate a federal- or state-
supported education program. The evaluation may relate to any program that is principally engaged in the provision of education, such as early childhood education and job
training, as well as any program that is administered by an education agency or institution.

2. Federal and State Authorities may allow access to your education records and personally identifiable information without your consent to researchers performing certain
types of studies, in certain cases even when the institutions object to or do not request such research. Federal and State Authorities must obtain certain use-restriction and data
security promises from the entities that they authorize to receive your personally identifiable information, but the Authorities need not maintain direct control over such entities.

3. In connection with Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems, State Authorities may collect, compile, permanently retain, and share without your consent personally
identifiable information from your education records, and they may track your participation in education and other programs by linking such personally identifiable information to other
personal information about you that they obtain from other Federal or State data sources, including workforce development, unemployment insurance, child welfare, juvenile justice,
military service, and migrant student records systems.

Disclosures

From time-to-time, the university is served with a subpoena for portions of a student's record. In these cases, we will write to the student or the student's attorney (if known) and

inform them that unless we receive written notification that the student will attempt to quash the subpoena, we will provide the information requested, even if the student has placed a

restriction on his or her record.

A number of IUPUI degree programs prohibit enrollment to anyone listed on the Indiana Sex Offender Registry.

Records of arrests and/or convictions and traffic accident information are public information and may be released to anyone making inquiry of the University Police.

For additional questions regarding the policy on the release of student information, contact the Office of the Registrar. For a full copy of the university policy on student records, see

Appendix 4 in theCode of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct.

IUPUI does not provide lists of students or an individual student's address or phone number to outside businesses, agencies, students, or other parties. We will provide phone numbers

in emergency situations and only following consultation with university police. However, because IUPUI participates in Federal Programs, we are required by Federal Law to make

available to military recruiters the name, address, age, and prior military service status of all students at IUPUI.

The university sponsors an affinity credit card to IU students and alumni. A small portion of each charge is paid to the university while students and alumni have the opportunity to

demonstrate their support of the university. A list of students is provided to the vendor each year for purposes of solicitation for this credit card only. Under terms of the contract the

vendor may not share the list of students or alumni with other vendors. Students who have filed a restraint of release of information will not appear on this list.