The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) gives colleges and universities the option to release specific types of information from a student’s discipline record.

University staff from the Office of the Dean of Students will notify parents/guardians when their student is found responsible for the use, sale or possession of controlled substances (illegal drugs) within the community. The Office of the Dean of Students will also notify parents or guardians when a student is found to have violated the Code of Student Conduct policies on the use and possession of alcohol when he/she is under the age of 21 and one or more of the following occurs:

1. When a student has been found to have violated the alcohol policy a
second time;
2. When there is significant property damage;
3. When medical attention to any person, including the student, is
required as a result of the student’s alcohol-related behavior;
4. When the student demonstrates reckless disregard for his or her own
personal safety or the safety of others; or
5. There is evidence that the student’s alcohol-related behavior negatively
impacted the learning environment.