I.  Notifications

  1. Students are expected to read and are held responsible for the notices posted. Students are expected to keep the Office of the Registrar informed of any changes in their local mailing address, local telephone number, home address, and curriculum in which they are enrolled. Notices mailed to the address on file or emailed to their S&T email account by the Office of the Registrar will be considered delivered, and the student will be held responsible for knowledge of such notices. If the student is contacted by one of the school offices, they are expected to respond promptly. Failure to do so will render the student liable to discipline.
  2. Missouri University of Science and Technology Policy on Student Records: Confidentiality Policy The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Missouri University of Science and Technology abides by the FERPA policy set forth by University of Missouri System    Collected    Rules    and Regulations section 180.020 Student Records. (Link: http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/rules/collecte d_rules/information/ch180/180.020_student_ records)

A. General-

1. This policy is based on the University of Missouri Policy on Student Records adopted by the Board of Curators on February 28, 1975, as amended on March 18, 1977.

2. This Missouri S&T policy supersedes the Missouri S&T Policy on Student Records, which was effective July 1, 1975.

B. Purpose—The purpose of this regulation is to set forth the guidelines governing the protection of the privacy of student records and to implement The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Buckley Amendment; Pub. L. 93-380, as amended). 

C. Definitions-

1. Attendance at Missouri S&T includes, but is not limited to:

a. Attendance in person

b. Attendance by correspondence

c. The period during which a person is working under a work-study program.

2. Directory Information [Public Information] A student’s directory information includes:

a. Name

b. Email Address

c. Address and telephone listing (both local and permanent)

d. Major field of study

e. Participation in officially recognized activities and sports

f. Dates of attendance

g. Degrees and awards received

h. The most recent previous educational agency or institution attended

i. Student level

j. Full or part-time status

All students must change their status in Joe'SS before the end of the two-week period following the first day of classes that any or all of the information should not be released without the student's prior consent. The information listed above will become directory information as of the first day of classes following a one-week period during an eight-week summer session.

3. Disclosure is defined as permitting access, release, transfer or other communication of education records of the student or the personally identifiable information contained therein, orally, in writing, by electronic means or by any other means to any party.

4. Education Records are those records, files, documents and other materials that contain information directly related to a student and are maintained by Missouri S&T or by a party acting for Missouri S&T. These records are protected under The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Education Records include:

a. Financial aid Records

b. Cumulative advisement file

c. Health records

d. Disciplinary records

e. Personnel folder

f. Cumulative scholastic record

 

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