What is FERPA? Will my immigration status be kept confidential?

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.

You can be reassured, that your immigration status and the information provided in the AB 540 will be kept confidential and is not shared with immigration services.

When completing the AB 540, students who are undocumented check the same exact box that U.S. Citizens and residents. This is to help with the confidentiality of the student's immigration status.

• EX: "I am NOT a nonimmigrant alien." [U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or alients without lawful imigration status, among others, should check this box.])

For more information about FERPA visit, the FERPA website.