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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Sandhills Community College provides equality of treatment and access for
disabled students as required by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, which guarantees protection of disabled persons against
discrimination. Employees and students are expected to assist disabled
students in ways that will facilitate their participation in campus life and
their access to programs and activities.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) protects
the privacy and accessibility rights of students enrolled in a postsecondary
institution in relation to their education records. The term “education
record” is defined as those records that contain information directly related
to the student and which are maintained by the educational institution. They
include admissions, personal, financial, academic, cooperative education,
and placement records. They do not include those of a school’s law
enforcement, student health, employment, or alumni offices. They also do
not include records of instructional, administrative, and educational
personnel that are in their sole possession and that are not accessible or
revealed to any other individual except a temporary substitute.
FERPA permits the release of some general student information known as
“directory information” without written approval of students. Currently,
directory information includes the student’s name, city and county of
residence; photograph; major field of study; participation in officially
recognized activities and sports; dates of attendance, grade level, degrees and
awards received; and the most recent educational agency or institution
attended by the student. Students who do not want any or all of this
information released to the general public must sign a request form in the
Office of Records and Registration no later than two (2) weeks after the first
day of class each semester.
The law provides students with the right to inspect and review information
contained in their education records, to challenge the contents of their
education records, to have a hearing if the outcome of the challenge is
unsatisfactory, and to submit explanatory statements for inclusion in their
files if they feel that the decisions of the hearing panel are unacceptable.
Students interested in inspecting or reviewing their education records should
contact the Director of Records and Registration for procedures to follow.
Students may not inspect and review the following:
Financial information submitted by their parents,
Confidential letters and recommendations associated with
admission, and