healthy or toxic? can you tell in advance?

[mathmomvt]

<p>There are different forms for medical and school information. </p>

<p>Medical is HIPAA, educational is FERPA.</p>

<p>Even though the student is an adult, if they are a dependent for tax purposes, the school can legally share information with the parent if they believe it is in the student’s best interest. </p>

<p><a href=“https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/parents.html[/url]”>https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/parents.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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FERPA also permits a school to disclose personally identifiable information from education records of an “eligible student” (a student age 18 or older or enrolled in a postsecondary institution at any age) to his or her parents if the student is a “dependent student” as that term is defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code. Generally, if either parent has claimed the student as a dependent on the parent’s most recent income tax statement, the school may non-consensually disclose the student’s education records to both parents.

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<p>Most colleges will tell you right off that they won’t tell you your child’s grades, etc. even if you are paying the bills. Colleges differ on whether they will inform parents if the student is placed on academic probation or is otherwise in danger of not being able to continue their studies. </p>

<p>One of my questions for schools is “under what circumstances, if any, would the school contact parents?”</p>