The federal investigation into FERPA violations highlights the clash between parental rights and California’s efforts to protect LGBTQ+ students.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords eligible students certain rights with respect to their education records. (An “eligible student ...

An investigation by the Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy office found that the California Department of ...

The U.S. Department of Education accused California of violating parental rights by urging schools to hide student gender ...

(NewsNation) — Senate Democrats are concerned Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency may have illegally accessed federal student loan data, but that doesn’t mean borrowers will see their ...

Update (Jan. 2026): In April 2025, REGucation published a post analyzing the Nevada Supreme Court’s initial decision in Clark County School Dist. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct. in & for Cnty. of Clark, 564 ...

The Department of Education (ED) on Wednesday announced it has found the California Department of Education (CDE) in ...

(NewsNation) – Senate Democrats are concerned Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency may have illegally accessed federal student loan data, but that doesn’t mean borrowers will see their ...

Colleges and universities that employ their own students face conflicts about how to protect student information, as required by the Family Educational Rights and ...

Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news. Democrats and student loan borrowers have raised concerns about reports suggesting billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of ...

EDUCATION RECORDS: Include any record maintained by the institution that is related to the student (in whatever format or medium) with some narrowly defined exceptions: Records in the "sole possession ...