Law / United States / 
Wyoming
University of Wyoming Regulation 2-205: student education records and FERPA (as revised effective March 25, 2021)
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Access restriction, Governance
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are the University of Wyoming, have the Office of the Registrar and the Dean of Students Office, as primary custodians of all student education records, establish administrative policies and procedures for the protection of personally identifiable student information (UW Regulation 2-205, part IV).
- If you are the University of Wyoming, have the applicable custodian decide whether University personnel have a legitimate educational interest in student education records, with the Supervisor approving that determination in accordance with the personnel’s demonstrated business purpose (UW Regulation 2-205, part IV).
- If you are the University of Wyoming, have supervisors establish appropriate procedures and instructions for personnel who handle student education records to assure compliance with the Regulation (UW Regulation 2-205, part IV).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Regulation 2-205 assigns custody of student education records to the Registrar and the Dean of Students Office and has the custodian decide, with supervisor approval, which personnel have a legitimate educational interest. It requires no log, names no content fields or retention period, and sets no audit.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
University of Wyoming Regulation 2-205 governs the use and disclosure of personally identifiable student education record information and the process by which students may access their education record. All University personnel must comply with it.
Academic record information, including transcripts and grades, may generally be disclosed only to University personnel who have a legitimate educational interest in the record, to the requesting student or another individual the student designates, or under one of the exceptions to required student consent that FERPA enumerates. Student disciplinary records may generally be disclosed only on the same three grounds.
The Registrar is charged with the custody, management, maintenance and protection of the academic records of students earning credit from the University. The Dean of Students Office is charged with the custody, management, maintenance and protection of student disciplinary records.
The Office of the Registrar and the Dean of Students Office serve as the primary custodians of all student education records and must establish administrative policies and procedures for the protection of personally identifiable student information. The applicable custodian decides whether University personnel have a legitimate educational interest in student education records, and the Supervisor must approve that determination in accordance with the personnel’s demonstrated business purpose.
Supervisors must establish appropriate procedures and instructions for personnel who handle student education records to assure compliance with the Regulation. Section 21-17-204 of the Wyoming Statutes directs the board of trustees to prescribe rules for the government of the university and all its branches. UW Regulation 1-101 provides that regulations must be approved by the Board of Trustees.
The same regulation provides that all University employees shall conduct themselves in accordance with UW Regulations. The current text of Regulation 2-205 took effect on .
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