FERPA Compliance

Edusfere's Role Under FERPA

Edusfere is a curriculum planning and standards alignment platform, not a student record system.

We design our platform for teachers, curriculum leads, and school administrators to map curriculum, align to standards, plan lessons, and manage accreditation workflows. We do not collect, store, or process student education records or student personally identifiable information (PII) as part of our platform.

Because Edusfere does not maintain student education records, we do not function as a FERPA-regulated data custodian. Schools can use Edusfere without triggering the vendor-agreement requirements that apply to student information systems, gradebooks, or assessment platforms.

What Data Edusfere Handles

The data on our platform belongs to the schools, teachers, and content providers who create it. We process:

• Account and profile information: names, email addresses, and organizational affiliations of registered users (educators, administrators, content providers)
• Curriculum and content data: lesson plans, curriculum maps, standards alignments, and accreditation materials created by users
• Usage data: platform activity logs used for support, security, and product improvement

We do not collect personal information about individual students. Teachers may describe a class in general terms (such as class size or how many students need extra support) to help them plan, but never individual students. We do not receive, store, or process student grades, attendance records, assessment results, or any other information that constitutes an education record under FERPA.

Our Commitments to Schools

Data ownership: All content and data created by your staff on Edusfere belongs to your institution.

No selling or advertising: We do not sell user data or use it for targeted advertising.

No unauthorized sharing: We do not share institution or user data with third parties except as necessary to operate the platform or as required by law.

Security safeguards: Edusfere uses HTTPS encryption for all data in transit, role-based access controls, and widely recognized security practices to protect all data on our platform.

For Schools That Require Vendor Agreements

Some districts require all software vendors to sign a data processing agreement or Student Data Privacy Agreement (SDPA) as a matter of policy, even for tools that do not directly handle student records. If your institution has this requirement, we are happy to review and sign appropriate agreements.

Contact

For compliance inquiries or vendor review documentation, contact us at hello@edusfere.com.

For authoritative guidance on FERPA, visit the U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office.