Under provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), students enrolled in post-secondary educational institutions are deemed to “own” their educational records. Institutions may, but are not required to, grant access to certain non-directory information in a student's educational record if the student is claimed as a dependent on his or her parent's/guardian's federal income tax return. Generally non-directory information will not be released to a parent or guardian unless a
Certification of Dependency Form is completed and signed by both the parent(s)/guardian(s) and the student and is brought to the:
Office of the Registrar,
General Services Complex,
750 Agronomy Road, Suite 1501
or mailed to the:
Office of the Registrar
P.O. Box 30018
College Station, TX 77842-3018.