FERPA governs access to which type of information?

• A. Employee payroll records.
• B. Student education records.
• C. Health records.
• D. Credit card data.

Answer: (B)

FERPA protects access to student education records. It covers information directly related to a student that is maintained by a school or a party acting for the school, and it gives students rights over who can see those records. Examples include grades, transcripts, class rosters, and disciplinary records kept by the institution. This privacy focus is specific to education records and is separate from other types of data like employee payroll records, general health records outside the education context, or financial data such as credit card information, which are governed by different rules. So the type of information FERPA governs access to is student education records.