FERPA for Students

If you have an outstanding request in the Red Raider Family Network, you will receive an email notification. You can click Click here to approve this request in the email.

You can also grant access by visiting the Red Raider Family Network and clicking Are you staff/faculty or a student? Log in here.

Enter your Texas Tech eRaider or email and password, then click Log In.

Click the connection request for which you would like to approve access.

Select the records you would like to share. You may grant access to all available records or individually select the records you want to share with the person requesting access. Click Grant Access.

If the update was successful, you will return to the Connections screen and see a green confirmation banner indicating that the connection has been updated.

To grant access, visit the Red Raider Family Network and click Are you faculty or a student? Log in here.

Enter your Texas Tech eRaider or email and password, then click Log In.

After logging in, you will be taken to the Connections page. Click Add My First Connection.

Enter the person's email address and select their relationship to you from the drop-down menu. Click Continue.

Select the records you would like to share. You may grant access to all available records or individually select the records you want to share. Click Grant Access at the bottom of the screen.

A green confirmation banner will appear if your connection request was successfully sent. The person you granted access to will receive an email with details of the request. You will receive an email notification if they confirm the connection.

You can repeat this process to authorize additional parents, family members or other individuals who support you.

Current students have immediate electronic access to their education records through Raiderlink under the MyTech tab or through the Student Dashboard.

Former students are encouraged to order an official transcript. An official transcript is the formal summary of a student's academic record and may be ordered through the Office of the Registrar.

For full copies of education records, the Office of the Registrar may charge a fee.

For students with transcript holds, upon written request, the university will arrange an appointment for in-person, view-only access to their education records. This excludes financial records of the student's parents or guardian and confidential letters of recommendation for which the student has waived the right of access.

If a record contains information about more than one student, the requesting student may inspect, review and be informed only of the information specifically related to their own records.

Education records covered by FERPA normally will be made available within 45 days of the request.

Students may challenge information in their education records if they believe it is inaccurate, misleading or otherwise violates their privacy rights.

To request an amendment, submit a written statement to the Office of the Registrar identifying the information in question.

Under FERPA, non-directory information generally may not be released without prior written consent from the student. Exceptions include school officials with a legitimate educational interest and officials of other schools in which the student seeks or intends to enroll or is currently enrolled.

Directory information is information in a student's education record that generally would not be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. Examples include a student's name, permanent and local address and major field of study.

Texas Tech does not consider email addresses to be directory information.

Directory information may be requested by companies or organizations to verify student information for marketing and general business purposes.

To view the confidentiality status of your directory information, visit your Student Dashboard.

To change your directory information status:

1. Log in to Raiderlink.
2. Select the MyTech tab.
3. Click Update Confidentiality/Directory Profile Status.
4. Follow the instructions to update your preferences.

Confidentiality status changes will be effective within 24 hours.

If you believe your rights under FERPA have been violated, you may file a complaint with the Office of the Registrar or contact the U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office.

If you believe your rights under FERPA have been violated, you may file a complaint with the Office of the Registrar or contact the U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office.

A representative of the Office of the Registrar will review your submission and may contact you for additional information. Complaints may not be filed anonymously. However, in some instances, it may not be necessary to reveal the student's name to the individual or office against whom the complaint is filed.

Yes. FERPA permits schools to disclose student records without consent in certain circumstances, including but not limited to:

• School officials with a legitimate educational interest
• Other schools to which a student has applied, is transferring or is currently enrolled
• Compliance with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena
• Appropriate parties during a health or safety emergency involving the student
• Parents when a student under age 21 has committed a disciplinary violation involving the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance, subject to applicable requirements
• The victim of an alleged crime of violence or nonforcible sex offense, regarding the final results of a disciplinary proceeding as permitted by FERPA

Legitimate educational interest refers to access to education records by appropriate university administrators, faculty, staff, certain university alumni association personnel or contractors acting on behalf of the university who require the information to perform legitimate educational or business duties.

Access must be necessary to carry out responsibilities related to the educational or business purposes of the student or university.

The Solomon Amendment is a federal law that requires universities to release certain information to military recruiters without student consent. This information includes:

• Student name
• Address and email address
• Telephone number
• Age or year of birth
• Place of birth
• Level of education, such as first year, sophomore or graduate
• Academic major
• Most recent educational institution attended

You can opt out of releasing your information to military recruiters by logging in to Raiderlink, selecting the MyTech tab and clicking Update Confidentiality/Directory Profile Status.

Students enrolled in both high school and courses at a postsecondary institution present a unique situation. While FERPA rights belong to parents with respect to high school records, they belong to the student with respect to postsecondary education records.

Students can establish a connection through the Red Raider Family Network to provide access to their education records. Dual credit students are advised of their FERPA rights in the dual credit admission program information.

Texas Tech University strongly encourages parents of dual credit students to respect the student's ownership of their college education records and seek ways to obtain information while safeguarding the student's rights and responsibilities.

Faculty teaching dual credit courses will make every attempt to communicate with and through the student as an important step in the student's development.

Parents are encouraged to communicate first with the student and then, if authorization is in place, with the instructor. Other record access options may exist in extenuating circumstances and would require contacting the Office of the Registrar directly.

Texas Tech University may share student information with a high school or another institution if the student is enrolled in, has applied to or intends to transfer to that institution, as permitted by FERPA.

An education record is a record directly related to a student and maintained by an educational agency or institution, or by a party acting on its behalf, when applicable FERPA requirements are met.

Discussions regarding a student's education record must be conducted in a private, secure manner. This includes discussions about grades, advising or tutoring appointments, class schedules and enrollment, regardless of the method of communication, including verbal, email and written correspondence.