<p>How do college kids get their report card? Do colleges make sure it's sent to parents are they are generally the ones paying for it?</p>
<p>one would think that paying the bills would entitle you to see the grades, but it does not!</p>
<p>All correspondence from the university/college is with the student - grades, bills, everything.</p>
<p>My grade report was posted on my school's blackboard system. Only I have access to it. My parents have a username and password to access my bills since I have made them authorized payers, but even that is only after I have gotten an email saying a bill has been posted</p>
<p>no, federal privacy rules prohibit colleges from telling parents about your grades, your visits to health center, etc. However if your parents are footing the bill they are free to negotiate with you; payment only if they see the grades.</p>
<p>When my D enrolled as a freshman one of the papers enclosed in the packet of things to be signed was a permission slip for her to allow grades to be sent to her parents - of course she signed it and we receive the grades in the mail each semester. Not sure why a student would deny their parents the right to see their grades if the parent is paying the tuition??? Rather one-sided wouldnt you say?</p>
<p>yes and no</p>
<p>my grades were posted on blackboard, but they were also mailed home. it was addressed to me, but i showed my parents. why wouldn't i?</p>
<p>haha and when students like me are paying for their own education, they can do what they want with showing their grades!</p>
<p>No, I do show my parents my grades, they like to be reassured that I'm not partying my college career away...</p>
<p>Some schools will send freshman grades home to the parents.
I am of the mindset that eventually everything comes out in the wash. For example if you are receiving an academic scholarship then suddenly your parents get a bill for the full amount, it is going to come out once they contact the FA office and the FA office tells your parents that you have lost your scholarship.</p>
<p>The college will also probably contact the parents if the student is placed on academic probation or dismissal. </p>
<p>I think this is a conversation that students and parents have before attending school so that everyone knows what the expectation is and there are no suprises.</p>
<p>I should add that I tell my mom my grades, and will be printing off the grade thing to mail to my dad. If he were home (he's away on business for months) I'd pull it up on the computer and show him that way.</p>
<p>Sybbie - colleges CANNOT, by law, tell parents about probation/etc. without approval from students. The only thing colleges CAN tell parents about automatically is alcohol-related offenses (and even then, most college's policies do not make use of this exception to federal privacy law).</p>
<p>My grades were sent to me but mom snooped</p>
<p>my grades aren't mailed at all. Have to sign onto the school server with name and pw to see the unofficial transcript online.</p>
<p>you can see the official gov't info at <a href="http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html</a> and <a href="http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/index.html</a></p>
<p>*Federal law protects the confidentiality of student records and specifies those limited situations in which information from educational records may be given out without a student's prior consent. **The law permits Yale College at its discretion to disclose information without a student's consent to parents or guardians of a dependent student. **Yale regards its students as responsible adults, however, capable of managing their own lives and seeking guidance when necessary. Thus Yale's policy is that disclosure of information to parents except in "extraordinary circumstances" is limited to information concerning a student's official status respecting the University. (See the "Yale University Statement on Student Records (Buckley Amendment)" published annually in September in the Yale Bulletin and Calendar.) **Parents are therefore notified in the following situations: (1) when a student withdraws from the University for any reason; (2) when a student has been placed on Academic Warning or when the student's academic standing or promotion is at issue; and (3) when a student has been placed either on disciplinary probation or on restriction, which includes rustication.<a href="For%20a%20definition%20of" title="rustication," see Dormitory Regulations, section A, "Residence.">/b</a> The University expects students themselves to notify parents when they take or cancel a leave of absence.</p>
<p>*</p>
<p>**Parental Notification of Changes in Your Official Status at Yale*</p>
<p>It is Yale's policy to inform parents of changes in a student's official status at Yale, e.g., when a student withdraws from Yale College, or is placed on academic warning or disciplinary probation, or fails to graduate after eight terms. *</p>
<p>At Dartmouth</p>
<p>*Probation carries with it the following consequences:</p>
<p>the action is recorded in the student's file in the Office of the Dean of the College and is temporarily reflected on academic records while the student is on Probation
a notification letter will normally be sent to parents
students on Probation may not elect the Non-Recording Option in the next term in residence
students on probation may be prohibited, at the discretion of the COS, from intercollegiate athletic competition, holding of offices in student organizations, and public participation or performance in the name of the College that requires a significant absence from campus or other withdrawal from academic activities
*</p>
<p>thx for the info</p>
<p>VII. Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information from Education Records</p>
<p>(5) The University may at its discretion disclose personally identifiable information without prior student consent to parents or guardians of a dependent student, as defined in section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, but except in extraordinary circumstances such disclosure will be limited to information about a student's official status at the University. Parents or guardians of a dependent student will thus be notified in the following cases:</p>
<p>(a) when a student has voluntarily withdrawn from the University or has been required by the University to withdraw for academic or for disciplinary reasons;</p>
<p>(b) when a student has been placed on academic warning;</p>
<p>(c) when the student's academic good standing or promotion is at issue;</p>
<p>(d) when a student has been placed on disciplinary probation or restriction. </p>
<p>For students who are dependents, grades are not disclosed to parents or guardians without the student's consent (given annually at the time of registration) except in the case of withdrawal from the University, or in the case in which a student is placed on academic warning, or in the case in which the student's academic standing or promotion is at issue.</p>
<p>Unless otherwise indicated by the student at the time of registration, or thereafter by the student in writing, the University will presume that a full-time student at Yale College is such a dependent.</p>
<p>Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)</p>
<p>The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.</p>
<p>FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."</p>
<p>Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student's education records maintained by the school. Schools are not required to provide copies of records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is impossible for parents or eligible students to review the records. Schools may charge a fee for copies.</p>
<p>Parents or eligible students have the right to request that a school correct records which they believe to be inaccurate or misleading. If the school decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student then has the right to a formal hearing. After the hearing, if the school still decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student has the right to place a statement with the record setting forth his or her view about the contested information.</p>
<p>Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student's education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without consent, to the following parties or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31):</p>
<p>School officials with legitimate educational interest;</p>
<p>Other schools to which a student is transferring;</p>
<p>Specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes;</p>
<p>Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student;</p>
<p>Organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school;</p>
<p>Accrediting organizations;</p>
<p>To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena; </p>
<p>Appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies; and</p>
<p>State and local authorities, within a juvenile justice system, pursuant to specific State law.</p>
<p>Schools may disclose, without consent, "directory" information such as a student's name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory information and allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount of time to request that the school not disclose directory information about them. Schools must notify parents and eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA. The actual means of notification (special letter, inclusion in a PTA bulletin, student handbook, or newspaper article) is left to the discretion of each school.</p>
<p>For additional information or technical assistance, you may call (202) 260-3887 (voice). Individuals who use TDD may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. </p>
<p>Or you may contact us at the following address: </p>
<p>Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-5920</p>
<p>We have amixed bag at our house....D's school posts her grades online ONLY...S's school posts online plus sends paper copy home, addressed to "Mr. College Boy Having the Time of His Life" AND "Mr. and Mrs. Shuddering Checkbook".</p>
<p>Mine are posted online only...they get copied and pasted into an email home!</p>