This post is the second in a series of blogs exploring how FERPA may apply to AI. In today’s post, we’ll provide basic information about FERPA and what it regulates. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records in both K-12 and higher education institutions. FERPA prohibits education institutions from disclosing personally identifiable information (PII) in education records without consent, unless an exception applies. There are numerous exceptions that allow schools to disclose education records without consent–such as the