The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) allows parents to have access to student records through the ODE Parent portal. By creating an account with and using this Portal, the user acknowledges that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA") gives custodial and noncustodial parents/guardians certain rights with respect to their children's education records. Unless there is a court order to the contrary, both custodial and noncustodial parents have the right to access their children's education records, the right to seek to have the records amended, and the right to consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information from the records. By accessing the ODE parent portal, the user acknowledges his/her understanding of FERPA as outlined above and represents that he/she agrees to use such portal for its intended purpose and for no other purpose. The user further agrees that any actions taken through the ODE parent portal shall be consistent with any existing court order to the extent one exists and agrees to hold ODE harmless for any action taken that is contrary to any court order.

The user further agrees that when a student reaches 18 years of age, all rights under FERPA transfer from the parent to the student, and written consent is required by the student prior to allowing parent/guardian access to records.

This disclaimer is a general description of regulations under FERPA and is not intended to provide full requirements under FERPA. A full and complete copy of FERPA regulations is codified at 20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99, and can be found online at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/reg/ferpa/index.html.