Legal Opinion
Mark Tarka v. G. Charles Franklin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1989No. 89-1161PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
The major issue in this case is whether appellant was a “student” at the University of Texas at Austin for purposes of gaining access to his admission file there in accordance with the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act of 1974 (“FERPA”) 20 U.S.C. § 1232g. We agree with the district court’s conclusion that a person whose application to the Graduate School of the University of Texas has been rejected, but who nevertheless audited some classes at the University is not a “student” as defined by FERPA, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(6). We adopt and reproduce below the pertinent portions of the…
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