At this point I still have my son’s login info. I told him I wanted that at least to start–as much to stay on top of financial stuff as anything. He didn’t object and has never changed his password. If he wanted to now I would just tell him I wanted to see his grades. And I’d still keep paying the school directly as long as I was footing the bill.
If you claim your student as a dependent on your tax return and are paying for the school tuition, FERPA does not apply. FERPA also allows schools to contact parents if student is very sick or use illegal substance. It is not to say the school couldn’t take a stricter stand than what FERPA requires. There are schools that send students’ grades to their home/parents, and they are NOT in violation of FERPA. One can google the info.
^Exactly. We were sent a letter from S’s school when he was on academic probation, which was a good thing since he wasn’t checking his own dang email at the time.
Also, if a student isn’t going to school, he/she is going to be suspended, well before two years are up, for not making academic progress. Anyone who pays the student, rather than the school directly, is just misguided. And the school bills would have stopped.
That’s good to know. Wondering if the parents have to provide proof showing they claim the student as a dependent to the college?
At some point, the student would have been put on academic probation and there would be no further bills. But if they were not paying tuition, then they might not know.
My DD’s apartment mate was not attending classes the last semester she was in the apartment…my DD did not know that because the Apartmentmate never mentioned it or alluded or stated that she was.
My ex claims one of the kids as a dependent, so that exception doesn’t work for that kid.
My kid is not my employee. Yes, I paid his tuition but I trusted him to work hard and do well. I didn’t have to see each of his grades but I asked him about them after each semester. I trusted he told me the truth. I know he graduated and he obtained a fine position before he graduated. I never had access to log in for his grades.
I don’t believe I was lucky or too trusting; I simply know my child.
This problem can also be avoided by the parent sending the tuition money directly to the college.
There should have been hundreds of warning flags in this case.
I knew a freshman student in college who spent his second semester dorm rent on a really great electric guitar, without telling his parents. Last I heard, he was threatened with eviction by the university, but I never heard the final result.
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FERPA and HIPPA - they sound like a couple of innocuous zoo animals, but they sure have created headaches for those of us who have to deal with them on a regular basis.
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Speaking of HIPAA… Have you ever wondered why many dentist offices and orthodontist offices seem to have little/no privacy? Many have open corral seating, computer screens with patient teeth info easily visible, Xrays easily seen, etc. I guess they don’t think that cavities and crooked teeth deserve much/any privacy.
I have wondered that, @mom2coIIegekids. Many times, over the endless hours I spent sitting around at the orthodontist’s office. I got really sick of that place so I started finding all kinds of things to complain to myself about.
Our dentist is pretty good about this - there are no screens that are visible from the patient seating area, and a private room is available for discussion.
But, we noticed at our public high school that in the main office area, cover sheets for iep’s or 504’s , with a student’s name, were sometimes visible to the public such that the name of a student receiving services could be seen. (Quite a few students receiving LD/ASD/ADHD services are in the mainstream and even in honors/AP classes, and I do not think that all appreciate being identified as such.)