User blog comment:Layola/Small plot holes that bother me/@comment-26426415-20180618132419/@comment-35000534-20180618162716

FERPA says that while a student is in a public primary/secondary school, there are certain rights that the parents hold (eg being able to view their children's grades). When a student goes to a post-secondary school (ie college) and becomes an adult, those rights transfer to the student and students have the right of privacy regarding grades and enrollment. Zig could have sent his mom his grades, but Hartfeld couldn't have disclosed Zig's grades.