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<p>It is certainly not a change in the past 8 years, but relatively few people know about this provision of the law. Until fairly recently, even some college administrators apparently did not realize that FERPA permitted the college to share information with parents who claim a child as their dependent for tax purposes.</p>
<p>Many colleges still do not exercise their option to share educational records information with parents of tax dependent students, even though FERPA allows them to do so. However, a growing number of colleges are starting to change their internal college policies to allow this.</p>
<p>Here is an article from the Cornell Sun discussing Cornell’s decision to take advantage of this provision in FERPA earlier this year.</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> Allows for Disclosure of Student Files | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/node/27156]Cornell”>http://cornellsun.com/node/27156)</p>