Posted on 08/18/2009 8:29:56 AM PDT by SpeakToPower
Parents will be forbidden from receiving and accessing their dependent child's grades at colleges and universities - even when they pay for the entire cost of the child's education.
Just pay up and don't ask questions
PAAARTY!!
At my daughter’s school, she can sign a waiver and allow us to view.
If your child is ill or is receiving psychiatric services at the college you are not entitled to see those records either.
When is there going to be a parent’s bill of rights when it comes to shelling out exorbitant amounts of money for tuition and then being simply told to get lost for the entire time the student is attending that college.
This is old news.
Our kids signed the waivers as a precondition to receiving their monie$ from us ;-)
It’s been that way for years!!! It’s federal law once they turn 18. Kids have the “right” of privacy. We have the “right” to pay their bills!
Hi Son. The cupboards bare...Ask your college prof if you can live with him. I'm sure he'll cook for you and do your laundry.
That’s the way to do it. The university must protect its students and their privacy. If mom and dad are paying the way, they will have to arrange progress reports with their kids.
“Parents will be forbidden from receiving and accessing their dependent child’s grades at colleges and universities - even when they pay for the entire cost of the child’s education.”
You are also entitled to tell the kid if he doesn’t sign this right away at the beginning of school (to remain in force while you are paying), he can for it pay himself...
Wow!
If I pay the bill, I want to see the grades. Period.
Well, they are adults. If you don’t like it, don’t subsidize your kid’s education.
This is stupid, but there seems to be an easy way around it.
Parent: Sign the grade notification waiver.
Kid: No.
Parent: Then pay your own tuition.
“Well, they are adults. If you don’t like it, don’t subsidize your kid’s education.”
Or how ‘bout this? “You’re an adult. If you want privacy, pay your own way.” Or as a sign in a joint in Fredericksburg says,
“Teenagers: tired of listening to your parents? Quick - move out, get a job, pay your own bills, while you still know everything!”
Colonel, USAFR
She is starting her Senior year and just got married (a Marine who just deployed for his second Iraq tour and also re-upped) and while his deployment money will cover almost everything I will still pay some cash, so I still get to see the report card.
She has no problem and proudly shows it to me.
I live in North Stafford. Where is that sign? I want to take a photo of it.
This is nothing new. I teach college and cannot discuss any aspect of a student’s career with any outside sources unless the student signs a waiver or agrees in front of witnesses to allow me to do so, lists me as a reference.
All I can do is confirm they completed or did not complete a course of instruction, and that they are or are not a student.
Parents call me constantly wanting information. I cannot legally give it. It is a violation of student privacy. We also cannot post grades in hallways, even with an alias or tied to a key word.
Tom Penders, basketball coach at the University of Texas, went from a multi-million dollar contract to out the door in a couple of weeks. One of his assistant coaches stated during a press conference that a student athlete that had been complaining about the athletic program was on scholastic probation.
BAM! Violation of federal privacy laws. BAM! Job gone.
It should only be of concern to parents who have no control over their still dependent children.
The easy cure is to withhold tuition payments if they refuse to show you their grades.
I was on the University of Washington campus this last weekened. Walked around the bookstore, etc.
I’m amazed at how completely hard left the campus had gone. Even the pretense of the political diversity is gone.
Sorry - Fredericksburg, Texas. Place called Alamo Springs Cafe, right above the old railroad tunnel where the bats come out every night. Heckuva cheeseburger...
Colonel, USAFR
Then, as an adult, Junior can pay his own tuition, room and board, car insurance, and do his own laundry. How many universities could stay in business if kids, um, 18 year old adult students, were soley responsible for coming up $35k a year? Sorry, Junior, but if I'm footing your bills you will keep me informed or the checks stop.
And if my kid needs medical attention or they know of him/her going wacko like Virginia Tech I darn well better be notified.
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