1. The University may comment on a student's enrollment status, i. e. , whether or not they are still enrolled, if they are not enrolled. It is, however, inappropriate to comment on why they are not enrolled without the written consent of the student. Furthermore, the custodian of judicial records for the University, the Associate Vice President For Residence Life, is the only office that can officially release that kind of information.
Refer to brochure entitled "Policies and Procedures for the Implementation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974" for additional details.
2. All student-athletes must sign a release giving the Sports Information Office permission to release biographical data when a student-athlete is dropped from school for other than academic reasons. The Associate Vice President For Residence Life or the student-athlete will release the information. Coaches, sports information personnel and athletics administrators may say only that the student-athlete is no longer in school. AGB - 5/25/83
3. Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, information concerning a student's academic and disciplinary record at an institution fall under the classification of "restricted information". The privacy law severely limits what any individual may say concerning academic or disciplinary information. One way in which such information can be released in a very limited format is through the signing by the athlete of a disclosure statement. Beginning fall, 1983, the University of Delaware AGB will require each student-athlete to sign a "Privacy Release Statement" to be eligible to compete for a University athletics team.
Details regarding this statement may be obtained from the Sports Information Office.
4. This is applicable also to medical injury information.