Information Sharing & Record Maintenance
Disability documentation is maintained with confidentiality at SAS and is not part of your permanent educational record. Documentation is protected under Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and will be released from your file in the following circumstances only:
- Required under law
- Upon your request
- Within the accommodation implementation process for compelling and legitimate "educational need to know" circumstances
Disability-related information sharing will occur on a "need to know" basis, and only when there are compelling reasons for such disclosure. This may mean sharing only that a student has a documented disability and need for accommodation(s), or it may mean sharing pertinent information from the student’s file, as the situation dictates. If an implementation conversation must occur where disability-related information is shared, the student will be informed as to what information was provided to faculty or staff regarding the request.
In accordance with the SUNY Records Retention Policy, SAS students' files and records are destroyed six years after graduation or date of last attendance.