This document provides guidance to postsecondary institutions for implementation of and compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended. It is intended to serve all institutional components that possess and maintain education records about students. The historical background of the act is reviewed and descriptions are given of its essence, institutions and records to which it applies, and enforcement. Requirements for compliance are discussed with regard to written institutional policy, notice to students of their privacy rights, and students' access to their education records. Procedures and strategies for compliance include (1) disclosure of education record information, (2) challenge of the contents of education records, and (3) records of requests and disclosures. Appended are sample forms, the act itself, final regulations, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Section 152. (LBH)