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title: "FERPA Education Compliance — Definition & Engineering Context"
description: "The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law in the United States that protects the privacy of student education records, restricting access to authorized school officials."
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# FERPA Education Compliance

> **Definition:** The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law in the United States that protects the privacy of student education records, restricting access to authorized school officials.

## In depth

FERPA compliance applies to all educational software handling student records, grades, and enrollments. Software systems must restrict student data access to verified teachers, administrators, and parents using strict multi-factor authentication (MFA) and row-level database controls.

## How ERPStack applies this

We design FERPA-compliant database systems for EdTech clients, implementing database-level schema isolation and strict user access tracking.

## Related reading

- [Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)](https://erpstack.io/glossary/rbac)
- [Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)](https://erpstack.io/glossary/mfa)