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Kentucky Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (student education records)

KY FERPA

Students · Children · Government records

Makes public school students' education records confidential and bars their release to third parties, other than directory information, without parent or eligible-student consent except to listed recipients such as school officials, transfer schools, authorized government officials, de-identified researchers, and accreditors. Schools must preserve unedited master copies of recordings of school activities for set periods, and must log releases.

Where
Kentucky
Citation
KRS 160.700 to 160.730 (created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 98; KRS 160.705 amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 14)
Status
In force
In force since
1994-07-15
Last amended
2013-06-25
Enforced by
Not specified in the sections reviewed
People can sue
No
Penalties
No penalty stated in the sections reviewed.
Applies to
  • Public educational institutions in Kentucky and their school officials

What a privacy notice must say

  • Notify parents and students of their privacy rights and adopt written policies.KRS 160.710

Practices it requires

  • Treat education records of public school students as confidential and release them only as KRS 160.720 allows.KRS 160.705(1)
  • Do not release records or identifiable student information to third parties (other than directory information) without parent or eligible-student consent, except to listed recipients such as school officials with legitimate interests, transfer institutions, authorized officials, and researchers who do not identify students.KRS 160.720(2)

Security duties

  • Protect and preserve all education records, including those in the education technology system; keep unedited master copies of recordings of school activities for at least one week, and one month where injury is alleged.KRS 160.705(2)-(3)

Other duties

  • Maintain records of each non-directory release showing who requested or accessed education records and why.KRS 160.720(4)

Sources

Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.

Unverified: KRS 160.710 (notification), 160.715 (inspection), 160.725 (directory information), and 160.730 (challenges) were read from index titles only. The statute binds public institutions; private vendors are covered separately by KRS 365.734.

Research reference, not legal advice.