Student Privacy Rights:
Releasing Student
Records
Under the provisions of the Family
Education Rights and Privacy Act of
1974, all students are guaranteed the
right to the privacy of their records.
Irvine Valley College, in compliance
with this law, provides students access
to specified official records of their
work at the college. Students have the
right to challenge the content of their
records including the grade they
received in a class on the grounds
that it is inaccurate, misleading, or
otherwise inappropriate. Those
wishing to challenge the information
in their files should contact the Vice
President for Student Services,
949-451-5214, Room A 110, who will
initiate a hearing.
Irvine Valley College will not release
student records unless the college has
received the student's prior written
consent except in the following
circumstances:
- Release may be made as required
under the provisions of the Family
Education Rights and Privacy Act.
The college will make public
specific directory information,
which includes a student's name,
dates of attendance, enrollment
status, degrees and awards
received by the student, and participation
in officially recognized
activities and sports programs.
Additionally, athletes may have
weight, height, and high school
they graduated from released
as needed.
- Release will be made as required
by the Solomon Act to the
military services.
- Release will be made to federal,
state and local government
authorities as required in the
performance of official duties.
- Release may be made to
district-approved third parties
determined as FERPA compliant for
educational purposes.
A standard fee of $15 has been established
to cover the cost of furnishing
copies of some college records to the
student. Students wishing to have a
copy of other records will be charged
the actual reproduction cost. Copies
of transcripts of course work
completed at other institutions must
be obtained from those institutions.
The Family Education Rights and
Privacy Act applies to educational
records only and does not include
administrative records.