Are there special rules regarding student information?

Yes. The Family Educational Right to Privacy Act (FERPA) defines the student’s right to privacy and the conditions under which that information may be given out. Highline Community College’s is more restrictive than FERPA guidelines. The college guidelines, along with the FERPA regulations, are available on-line at http://www.highline.edu/stuserv/registration/ferpa/ferpa.html. If you are unable to access this web site, please ask your building secretary to print you a copy.

Information that identifies or relates to our students must be safeguarded as CONFIDENTIAL. Your class roster contains the name, social security number (or HCC identification number) and telephone number of students enrolled in your class. Such information is furnished for the personal use of the instructor.

Please DO NOT allow anyone to look at your class roster and do not discuss your student’s academic performance with anyone who does not have a need to know without written authorization from the student.

Do not post your class roster on bulletin boards.

REMEMBER - it is our obligation to protect the privacy of our students. Inquiries for information on our students should be referred to the Registrar.

Be careful of inadvertent statements to strangers or family members, or when leaving messages. Such messages as “Student needs to complete an assignment,” or “because Student was absent today, I’d like to leave the assignment for him,” may provide information that is covered by FERPA.

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 Highline Community College
 2400 S. 240th Street | P.O. Box 98000, M.S. 99-200
 Des Moines, WA  98198-9800
 Phone:   (206) 878-3710, ext. 3812 | Jobline: (206) 870-3751
 Fax: (206) 870-3773 | TDD/VP:  (206) 870-4853