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The Importance Of FERPA In Public Education
FERPA is extremely important in public education. During my observation hours at Byng High School I witnessed this privacy law first hand. A teacher from another class came into the teachers class I was observing to discuss away to help a student that was struggling. The teacher didn’t use the child’s name, and in no way allowed the teacher or anyone to know the child’s identity. Another legal concept that I witnessed in my Foundations of Education class was HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). This is a complex act with many purposes, but it basically allow student to keep all of their medical records private.
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