FERPA primarily protects privacy of which type of information?

• A. School cafeteria recipes.
• B. Student educational records privacy.
• C. Teacher personal contact info.
• D. School building maintenance logs.

Answer: (B)

FERPA is about protecting the privacy of information that schools keep about students. The core focus is student education records—documents that contain information directly related to a student and are maintained by the school, such as report cards, transcripts, attendance records, disciplinary files, and evaluations or IEP-related documents. These records are what parents and eligible students have rights to inspect and control disclosures of. Items like a teacher’s personal contact information, cafeteria recipes, or building maintenance logs aren’t education records, so FERPA protection doesn’t apply to them in the same way. This is why the best answer is the one referencing student educational records privacy.