FERPA POLICY (PRIVACY)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), is a federal law that grants important privacy rights to students regarding their educational records. More specifically, unless required by federal law, the information contained in educational records may not be disclosed to third parties, including parents, without the written consent of a student who is 18 or over. However, if the student is a minor, or, if the parents can demonstrate that their student is a dependent for income tax purposes, the parents may access the records. In addition to granting privacy rights, FERPA gives students the right to review their educational records and the right to request an amendment of those records should they feel the records contain inaccurate information.

The term, “educational records,” as used in the FERPA statute, includes more than academic records in its meaning. Educational records may also be financial aid records, transcripts, letters of recommendation, disciplinary files, grades, test scores, admissions applications, and course enrollments. In essence, any records maintained by an institution and which contain information directly related to a student are educational records.

ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
Mississippi Delta Community College abides by the regulations outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The College does not discriminate against any qualified individual with a disability in regard to employment, transportation, accommodations or telecommunications. This policy incorporates the provisions of the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Section 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title 11 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and the Communications Act of 1934.

Disability Services
Disability Services provides comprehensive and innovative accommodations to assist students with disabilities in meeting their academic and career goals. Students who self-identify and provide the proper disability documentation are eligible for services.
Disability Services are available to students with a hearing, learning, physical, mental, visual, or psychological/psychiatric disability. A comprehensive list of eligible disabilities is available in the Disabilities Services Office.

• MDCC embraces the diversity and cultural richness of all students.
• We focus on accessibility for all students.
• Students, faculty, staff, and parents are our customers.
• We strive to teach our students to embrace who they are.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects the rights of qualified individuals who have disabilities such as, but not limited to:

Blindness/visual impairment
Cerebral Palsy 
Deafness/hearing impairment
Epilepsy/seizure disorders
Orthopedic/mobility impairment
Specific learning disability
Speech/language disorders
Spinal cord injury
Tourette’s Syndrome
Traumatic brain injury

Chronic illnesses such as: 
AIDS 
Arthritis 
Cancer 
Cardiac disease 
Diabetes 
Multiple Sclerosis 
Muscular Dystrophy 
Psychiatric disability

MDCC Contact Person: 
Nakeshia Fipps
P. O. Box 668
Stanny Sanders Library, Office 103
Moorhead, MS 38761
662-246-6361

Resources
We Connect Now website
This website was developed to serve, connect and integrate college students with disabilities to important issues. We Connect Now is dedicated to uniting college students with disabilities in access to higher education and employment issues.

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