Tarka v. Cunningham

ORDER

NOWLIN, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Plaintiff’s cause of action is based on a disappointing grade he received in a physics class while he was enrolled at the University of Texas. In this class, Plaintiff was assigned a grade of “C.”

Plaintiff challenges the grade pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 1232q(a)(2), otherwise known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 1974 (“FERPA”). Section 1232g(a)(2) provides that no federal funds shall be made available to any educational agency or…