Disclosure of Information Contacts
The Higher Education Act of 1998, as amended, requires disclosure of campus contacts for specific kinds of information to which students, prospective students, and employees may be entitled. TBCC provides this list with its admission materials, electronically, and in the Enrollment Services Office. In addition, basic answers and contacts for further inquiry can be found on our website or elsewhere in this catalog.
Disclosure Statement
OAR 589.004.0400 authorizes Tillamook Bay Community College to ask you to provide your social security number. The number will be used for reporting, research, and record keeping. Your number will also be provided by the College to the Oregon Community College Unified Reporting System (OCCURS), which is a group made up of all community colleges in Oregon, the State Department of Community Colleges and Work Force Development and the Oregon Community College Association. OCCURS gathers information about students and programs to meet state and federal reporting requirements. It also helps colleges plan, research, and develop programs. This information helps the colleges to support the progress of students and their success in the workplace and in other education programs.
OCCURS or the College may provide your social security number to the following agencies or match it with records from the following systems:
* State and private universities, colleges, and vocational schools, to find out how many community college students go on with their education and to find out whether community college courses are a good basis for further education.
* The Oregon Employment Department, which gathers information, including employment and earnings, to help state and local agencies plan education and training services to help Oregon citizens get the best jobs available.
* The Oregon Department of Education to provide reports to local, state and federal governments. The information is used to learn about education, training and job market trends for planning, research and program improvement.
* The Oregon Department of Revenue and collection agencies, only for purposes of processing debts, and only if credit is extended to you by the College.
* The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, for the purpose of reporting tuition and related fees in compliance of the Tax Relief Act of 1997.
* American College Testing Services, if you take a placement test for educational research purposes.
State and federal law protects the privacy of your records. Your number will be used only for the purposes listed above.
Confidentiality
The Tillamook Bay Community College district follows all applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations that apply to student records. All information that is personally identifiable to any student will be kept confidential and will not be released, except upon prior written consent of the subject student or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Students 18 years of age or older and the parents of students who are under 18 years of age have certain rights with respect to student records under Public Law 93-380. These include:
* The right to inspect the educational records of the student.
* The right to challenge the accuracy of the records if they are believed to be misleading or to violate privacy or other rights of the student.
* Except as may be provided by law, the right to prevent the release of any or all information from the records to any other party. The college will not send transcripts or copies of other educational records to any other school, prospective employer, or other person without written request of the student.
Solomon Act
Federal law requires the College to provide student name, address, and telephone number to the military for recruiting purposes. If you would like your name withheld, call the Enrollment Services Office at (503) 842-8222, ext. 1100.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. These rights include:
1. The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day the College receives a request for access. Students should submit to the registrar, dean, or head of the academic department (or appropriate official) written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The College official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the college official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
2. The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes is inaccurate or misleading. Students may ask the College to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the college official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the College decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the College will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
3. The right to consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. One exception, which permits disclosure without consent, is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is defined as a person employed by the College in an administrative, supervisory, academic or support staff position (including law enforcement unit and health staff); a person or company with whom the College has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility.
4. The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the College to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the office that administers FERPA is:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-4605
Directory Information
At its discretion Tillamook Bay Community College may provide Student Directory Information in accordance with the provisions of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Directory Information is defined as that information which would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed.
The following Directory Information may be released by the Dean of Instruction and Student Services or the Registrar at their discretion.
* Enrollment status
* Dates of previous enrollment
* Participation in officially recognized activities
* Date and type of certificate, degree, honors and awards received
Students may request that Directory Information not be disclosed by filing a “Restriction of Directory Information” form, available in the Enrollment Services Office. The request to withhold information will remain in effect (even after you have stopped attending or have graduated from TBCC) until you request, in writing, that it be removed. Students who sign the request will not be listed in news releases concerning honor rolls, or in commencement related publications.
The College assumes that failure on the part of any student to specifically request the withholding of Directory Information indicates individual approval of disclosure.