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Appeal Process
The student must submit an appeal of Financial Aid Denied
status in writing to the associate director of Financial Aid by the
date specified in the Financial Aid Denied notification letter. T h e
Financial Aid Appeals Committee will re v i ew the appeal and notify
the student in writing of their decision within 14 working days
after the Appeals Committee meets and makes its determination.
All decisions made by the Financial Aid Appeals Committee are
final.
Disclosure of Student Records
(UMUC Policy 210.14)
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Introduction
UMUC complies with the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 (also known as “the Buckley
Amendment”) which protects the privacy of students. In
accordance with FERPA, this policy informs students of
their rights to
A. Inspect and review their education records;
B. Seek an amendment of their education records, where
appropriate;
C. Limit disclosure to others of personally identifiable
information from education records without the student’s
prior written consent; and
D. File formal complaints alleging a violation of FERPA
with the Department of Education.
D e f i n i t i o n s
A. “Student” is an individual who is attending or who has
attended UMUC. It does not include any applicant for
admission to UMUC who does not matriculate, even if
he or she previously attended UMUC.
B. “Education records” are records that contain information
directly related to a student that are maintained by
UMUC or by a third party on behalf of UMUC. The
following records are not education records:
1. Campus police or security (“law enforcement
unit”) records maintained solely for law enforcement
purposes and maintained by that law
enforcement unit.
2. Employment records, except where a currently
enrolled student is employed as a result of his or
her status as a student.
3. Records of a physician, psychologist, or other recognized
professional or paraprofessional if made or
used only for treatment purposes and available
only to persons providing treatment.
4. Records that contain only information relating to
a person’s activities after that person is no longer a
student at UMUC.
I I I . Inspection and Review of Education Records by
Students
A. Right of Access
1. Each student has a right of access to his or her
education records, except financial records of the
student’s parents and confidential letters of recommendation
received prior to January 1, 1975.
2. A student may, by a signed writing, waive his or
her right of access to confidential recommendations
in three areas: admission to any educational
institution, job placement, and receipt of honors
and awards. UMUC will not require such waivers
as a condition for admission or receipt of any service
or benefit normally provided to students. If the
student chooses to waive his or her right of access,
he or she will be notified, upon written request,
of the names of all persons making confidential
recommendations. Such recommendations will
be used only for the purpose for which they were
specifically intended. A waiver may be revoked in
writing at any time; and the revocation will apply
to all subsequent recommendations, but not to
recommendations received while the waiver was
in effect.
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