---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 43.4"
title: "25"
number: "43.4"
heading: "Annual notification of rights."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/43.4"
---

# §43.4. Annual notification of rights.

- (a) Each educational institution to which this part applies and which maintains records on students shall inform parents or eligible students of the rights given them by this part.
- (b) In meeting the requirement in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section the educational institution shall give notice to parents and eligible students at least annually of the following:
  - (1) The types of education records and information contained in them which are directly related to students and maintained by the institution.
  - (2) The name and position of the official responsible for maintaining each type of record, the persons who have access to those records, and the purpose for which they have access.
  - (3) **The policies of the institution for reviewing and expunging those records.**
  - (4) The procedures established by the institution under [§ 43.5](/cfr/25/43.5.md).
  - (5) The procedures for challenging the content of education records including those in [§ 43.10](/cfr/25/43.10.md).
  - (6) The cost, if any, which will be charged to the parent or eligible student for reproducing copies of records under [§ 43.5](/cfr/25/43.5.md).
  - (7) The categories of information which the institution has designated as “directory information” under [§ 43.20](/cfr/25/43.20.md).
- (c) The notice given to a parent or eligible student under this section shall be in a language considered by the institution to be understandable by the parent or eligible student.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 35 Stat. 72 (25 U.S.C. 295); Pub. L. 93-579, 88 Stat. 1896; Sec. 438, Pub. L. 93-380, as amended; Pub. L. 94-142.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 52024, Nov. 8, 1978, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982.