Which of the following confidentiality laws protects student educational records?

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is the confidentiality law specifically designed to protect the privacy of student educational records. Enacted in 1974, FERPA grants parents and eligible students certain rights with respect to their educational records, including the right to access these records and the right to seek to have them amended. Additionally, FERPA restricts the disclosure of personally identifiable information contained within a student's education records without the consent of the parent or eligible student, thereby ensuring that schools maintain the confidentiality of this information.

Other laws listed, such as HIPAA, primarily focus on the protection of health information, while COPPA addresses the online privacy of children under the age of 13, and GLBA relates to the privacy of consumer financial information, none of which specifically address educational records like FERPA does. Thus, FERPA is the appropriate choice for the protection of student educational records.