{"id":62549,"date":"2025-06-03T12:46:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/iae\/?page_id=62549"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:53:43","slug":"solomon-amendment-ferpa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/iae\/institutional-research-2\/solomon-amendment-ferpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Solomon Amendment & FERPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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institutional analysis & Effectiveness<\/div>

Solomon Amendment & FERPA<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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Solomon Amendment & FERPA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Solomon Amendment<\/strong> is a federal law that allows military recruiters to access some address, biographical and academic program information on students age 17 and older who have not filed any FERPA restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Education has determined the Solomon Amendment supersedes most elements of FERPA. An institution is therefore obligated to release data included in the list of \u201cstudent recruiting infor\u00admation,\u201d which may or may not match our FERPA directory information list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definition – “Student Recruitment Information” or “Solomon Information”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Address<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Telephone<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. UMW email address<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Age* (ages 17 and older)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Citizenship* (U.S. Citizen and Resident Alien only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Level of education or class standing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Academic major<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Procedure for releasing information to military recruiter:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Under the Solomon amendment, information will be released for military recruitment purposes only. The military recruiters may request student recruitment information once each term<\/strong> for each of the 12 eligible units within the five branches of the service:\n