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
No access == no money!
Online diplomas ought to be good enough; when hired the new grad will sink or swim; what’s the difference.
There was a girl who was suppose to graduate from my college the year after I did (I went back to see a different person graduate)
On the day of the graduation ceremony she had to confess to her parents that she wasn't graduating because she didn't actually attend any classes for the last four years. She withdrew from her classes each semester and took the money the scholl refunded to her and spent it partying, shopping and various other stupid sh!t instead.
She was only an aquantance...but we were all stunned.....she was accually trying to get us to lie to her parents for her to cover up what she had done before she finally just confessed......
Unbelievable........how stupid some people can be hugh? I never did find out if she ever tried again to get her college education. And I always thought the parents should have sued the college for returning the money to the wrong payee each semester.....
OLD NEWS, been that way for a long time. You don’t find out your kid dropped out until it’s too late to do anything about preventing it.
Even better than that, she can be persuaded to sign the waiver by the ones who control the money: The parents.
As children age, the one challenge for parents is to identify and use the ever-dwindling levers of power to encourage good behavior, or, at least, safe and sensible behavior. Controlling the purse strings almost always appears on that list.
Excerpt for clarification:
According to the letter, “Upon a student’s matriculation into an undergraduate program … regardless of the student’s age, those rights [access to the child’s education records] transfer to the student.” We are certainly in favor of granting a level of responsibility to our children, especially since the large majority of undergraduate students have reached the age of majority – 18 years. However, the idea that parents should be forbidden from viewing their child’s grades, when they are paying for the child’s education, strikes us as being a step too far.
Apparently all of this springs from a federal law, know as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). FERPA was enacted by Congress to protect the privacy of student educational records and one key element states that schools must have written permission from the student in order to release any information from a student’s educational record.
So PARENTS you get the bill and your kids get to block you from seeing their grades. Another wedge between kids and their parents. This is dangerous.
“This has been going on for at least 10 years.”
Care to sbe specific on what colleges?
I’ve never heard of this before.
“This has been going on for at least 10 years.”
“Care to sbe specific on what colleges?
I’ve never heard of this before.”
This is federal law....not specific to a college.
“My kids handed over the password or we didn’t hand over the check.
End of story.”
THAT will be the policy here when she is in college.
When I was in college, I was eager to show them my grades. I worked hard and wanted them to see them. I paid half and they paid half. I had to work for it academically, financially and even drove an “old clunker” to college.
“This is federal law....not specific to a college.”
Even if the kid is still a MINOR?
When I went to college, I can’t imagine not showing off my grades.
When did this become a federal law?
I don’t remember this being an issue when I was in college .... I’m in my 50’s .... .
As someone else suggested, no password, no money from us for college.
All parents need to request that dear darling sign a waiver for grades and medical issues. Or else no funding.
That’s HIPAA regulations, medical information can’t be distributed without patient permission. Whether or not the person is even a patient is privileged information. The same law that keeps you from finding out if your kid is receiving psychiatric care also keeps your boss from finding out if you’re seeing a shrink.
And information consents can be signed in all cases.
about ten years ago I had friends who paid for three years of college out of savings and then found out that kiddo was rocking around the country in a band and not attending classes. Top school. out about 90K
Yes but it actually has to be signed, until then they give out nothing.
Yes but it actually has to be signed, until then they give out nothing.
No signee, no monee!
SUNY colleges in NY state.
CUNY colleges in NYC.
If your child is under 18, you receive the grades.
Once your child is 18, they get the grades. I have two kids who’ve gone through and they (the kids, not the school) shared their grades. It was never a big deal in our family.
However, I do think it is a stupid principle when the parents are paying the tuition.
Sadly, they have the right earlier than 18—library won’t release books read list for minors over the age of 13. Incredible & they wonder why we have so many problems....
Whoever is footing the bill should get the grades.
At some point it doesn’t make sense throwing money in the toilet if they’re flunking out or not attending.
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