Under provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), students enrolled in post-secondary educational institutions are deemed to "own" their educational records. Institutions may, but are not required to, grant access to certain non-directory information in a student's educational record if the student is carried as a dependent on the parent's/guardian's federal income tax return. Under no circumstances will non-directory information be released to a parent or guardian unless a Certification of Dependency Form completed and signed by both the parent(s) and the student is submitted to the Office of the Registrar, Records Section, General Services Complex, 750 Agronomy Road, Suite 1501 College Station, TX 77843.