THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT The Family Educational rights and privacy Act of 1974, as amended, is a Federal Law which states (a) that a written institutional policy must be established and (b) that a statement of adopted procedures covering the privacy rights of students be made available. The Law provides that the institution will maintain the confidentiality of student educational records. The Charleston School of Beauty Culture accords all the rights under the Law to students who are declared independent. No information from student's educational records will be disclosed outside the institution without the written consent of the student. For those students who are a dependant minor, the institution will require the written consent of a parent or guardian in addition to the student's signature for release of information excepting under the following conditions: Personnel within the institution, officials of other institutions in which the student seeks to enroll, persons or organizations providing financial aid, accrediting agencies carrying out their accreditation functions, persons in compliance with a judicial order or persons in an emergency in order to protect the health of safety of the student may have access to student information. This is allowed under the Act Within the Charleston School of Beauty Culture, only those members individually or collectively in the student's educational interest are allowed access to student educational records. Those members include personnel in the administrative staff and academic personnel within the limitation of their demonstrated need to know. With the student's written perm1Ss1on, the institution may provide Directory Information and Educational Information (to persons designated on permission form). Such information may include student name, address, phone number, major field of study, schedule of classes, dates of attendance, diplomas received and previous educational institutions attended by the student. The Law provides students with the right to inspect and review information contained in their educational records, to challenge the contents of their records, to have a hearing if the outcome of the challenge is unsatisfactory, and to submit explanatory statements for inclusion in their file if the decisions of the bearing panels are unacceptable. The Director of the Charleston School of Beauty Culture has been designated by the institution to coordinate the inspection and review procedures for student educational records which include personal, academic, attendance, financial and educational records.