The UM Board of Curators approved a System-wide Parental Notification Policy at the Board's March 22, 2001 meeting at UMKC. This policy went into effect August 6th.

Under the new policy, University officials will contact the parents of students who have committed extremely serious or repeated infractions of the student conduct code(s) relating to drugs and alcohol. The policy is consistent with the changes made in 1998 to the Federal Educational Right to Privacy Act (FERPA) that gives colleges/universities the option of notifying parents in situations involving the illegal use of alcohol or controlled substances. As stipulated by law, parents will be given no information beyond the fact that an infraction has occurred.

The parental notification policy applies to students who are under 21 years of age, unmarried and financially dependent on their parents. One administrator on each campus will be responsible for deciding whether to notify parents in individual cases.
Parents will be given the opportunity before the beginning of the academic year to decline notification.

(Information provided herein taken from the UM System publication "SPECTRUM" and the Board of Curator's website. Missouri S&T PD is not responsible for veracity of content.)