Get Directory And Recruiter Opt-Out Information Sheet - Northsideprep

Typically, "directory information" includes information such as name, address, telephone listing, date and place of birth, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, and dates of attendance.

2) Refuse to allow schools and districts from sharing directory information with anyone, including parent organizations for purposes of creating school phone directories, graduation brochures, or companies who publish yearbooks — often referred to “opting out” of sharing directory information.

What is directory information? Directory information is the information the college is able to release regarding a student unless the student requests OTC not release it.

Under FERPA, a student may not use his or her right to opt out of directory information disclosures to prevent school officials from identifying the student by name or disclosing the student's electronic identifier or institutional e-mail address in class.

Directory information can include the student's name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. Only schools or districts may disclose directory information but only after parents/guardians are notified and given an opportunity to refuse such disclosure.

Notice must include: The types of student information that the school/district has designated as directory information; Details about a parent's right to refuse to allow the school/district to designate any or all of those types of information as directory information; and.