2007-08
Slippery Rock University
Sports Promotion & Information

The Buckley Amendment

The Buckley Amendment is the common name for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974.  This federal law was designed to protect the privacy of a student's educational records, limiting the information that may be disclosed without the student's written permission to "directory information."

• Student's name

• Addressed (local, permanent and e-mail)

• Telephone number (local and permanent)

• Date and place of birth

• Major field of study, concentration(s) and minor(s)

• Participation in recognized activities, i.e. sports

• Heights/Weights of members of athletic teams

• Dates of attendance

• Degrees and awards received

• All educational institutions previously attended

• Academic awards/scholarships

• Title of Master Thesis

• Number of credits (full-time and part-time) for which a student is registered

• Pictures of students (for university use in publications, press releases and advertisements)

• Class level

• Anticipated graduation date

• Note that address, telephone number and e-mail address are on this list. You are free to withhold that information from media members, but you cannot utilize the Buckley Amendment as your reason for doing so. Also, students have the right to refuse to permit the release of any of the above information -- however, that is an issue you must address with the Office of Academic Records, Room 107, Old Main Building.
  

I agree to allow the Slippery Rock University Sports Information Director to release basic information to media outlets concerning participation status in areas such as medical, eligibility, and disciplinary (university/team rules).