General Consent Requirement (99.30)

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 mandates that an educational institution must obtain a written, specific consent from a student or parent before releasing any personally identifiable information from the student's education records, except in narrowly defined situations such as health and safety emergencies, compliance with a court order, or transfer of records to another school. This general consent requirement is codified at 20 USC 1232g and summarized under entry disc_general.