The KCKPS FERPA lawsuit is the farthest a federal student-privacy enforcement action has ever advanced. Here’s how it happened.
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Student Privacy · FERPA DOJ’s Role in FERPA Enforcement: What USED’s Interagency Agreements Do (and Don’t) Change A June 2026 interagency agreement gives DOJ’s Civil Rights Division a role in enforcing FERPA “in coordination with” USED. Here is what the agreement changes, what it doesn’t, and three student-privacy questions it raises. By Morgan Sexton, Amelia Vance, and Jess Arciniega · September 2026 Table of Contents 1 How will student privacy enforcement change?2 When will FERPA protections still apply?3 Will USED share student data with other agencies?What to watch next Over the past year, USED announced several Inter-Agency Agreements (IAAs) that