Your FERPA-Compliant Partner
For school districts, student data privacy isn't just a rule—it's a fundamental trust. PsychReport.AI was built with a "privacy-first" design, ensuring full compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) from the ground up.
Is PsychReport.AI FERPA compliant?
Yes, 100%. Our platform and legal agreements are structured to meet all requirements of FERPA. We act as a designated "school official," allowing your institution to use our service safely while remaining in full compliance.
How does PsychReport.AI act as a "School Official"?
FERPA's "School Official" exception allows us to handle student data on your behalf, for you. To qualify, we are contractually bound to:
- Perform an institutional service (our report-writing platform)
- Be under the "direct control" of your school for all data
- Use data only for the specific purpose we were hired for
- Be prohibited from re-disclosing or using data for any other purpose
What is the difference between FERPA and HIPAA?
This is a key distinction. Health records maintained by a school psychologist are considered "Education Records" and are protected by FERPA, not HIPAA.
Because PsychReport.AI is also fully HIPAA compliant, we apply that same high standard of security (like end-to-end encryption and audit logs) to your FERPA data, giving you the best of both worlds.
Our FERPA Compliance Commitments
When you partner with PsychReport.AI, you get contractual guarantees:
We NEVER Use Your Data for AI Training
We will never use your students' personally identifiable information (PII) to train our AI models. Your data is used only to generate reports for you, and it is never mined or analyzed for any other purpose.
We NEVER Sell or Share Your Data
Your data is never sold, rented, or disclosed to any third party for marketing or any other reason.
We are 100% US-Based
All student data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and stored exclusively in our secure, US-based data center in Iowa.
We Support Parent Rights
Our platform gives your authorized staff full control to access, download, and amend student records at any time, allowing you to fulfill parental requests for access or correction as required by FERPA.
We Securely Destroy Your Data
We permanently delete all your student data from our live systems 30 days after your contract ends. All data is then purged from backups on a fixed schedule, ensuring it is completely non-recoverable.