Government Campus Crime Report

As mandated by law, we are required to notify the public regarding the availability of the campus crime report for Adult and Community Education.

The report is available at the following website:

 ope.ed.gov

Once at the website, type in Adult and Community Education for the campus name, and indicate Columbus and Ohio as the city and state.   Do not put any additional information into the form. Click the search button, then choose Adult and Community Education-Hudson to get the complete report. The report contains information about crimes committed on campus in the last several years.

Gainful Employment Program Disclosures

The Department of Adult and Community Education is required to disclose program statistics in conformance with Regulatory Requirements by the U.S. Department of Education.  Click the link below to download Gainful Employment information.

Gainful Employment Program Disclosures

Substance Abuse Support Information

Through our Customer Services office, students may obtain a listing of community agencies providing drug/alcohol abuse prevention services.

Student Privacy

The Adult and Community Education department is committed to the protection of our students' safety and their confidential information. Employees are not allowed to take student confidential information out of our building, nor are they allowed to provide confidential information to others without the expressed written consent of the student. Students must sign a release of information form before confidential information is released to individuals or agencies. The form may be obtained from our Customer Services office.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law designed to protect the privacy of a student’s education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children’s education records. These rights transfer to the student, or former student, who has reached the age of 18 or is attending any school beyond the high school level. Students and former students to whom the rights have transferred are called eligible students.

• Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review all of the student’s education records maintained by the school. Schools are not required to provide copies of materials in education records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is impossible for parents or eligible students to inspect the records. Schools may charge a fee for copies.

• Parents or eligible students have the right to request that a school correct records believed to be inaccurate or misleading. If the school decides not to amend the record, the eligible student then has the right to a formal hearing. After the hearing, if the school still decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student has the right to place a statement with the record commenting on the contested information in the record.

• Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student before releasing any information from a student’s record. However, the law allows schools to disclose records, without consent, to the following parties:  

School employees who have a need to know.

Other schools to which a student is transferring.

Certain government officials in order to carry out lawful functions.

Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student.

Organizations conducting certain studies for the school.

Accrediting organizations.

Individuals who have obtained a court order or subpoena.

Persons who need to know in cases of health and safety emergencies; and state and local  authorities within a juvenile justice system, pursuant to specific state law.

Schools may also disclose, without consent, “directory” type information such as student’s name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory information and allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount of time to request that the school not disclose “directory” information about them. Schools must notify parents and eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA. The actual means of notification (special letter, inclusion in a PTA bulletin, student handbook, or newspaper article) is left to the discretion of each school.  

Additional information on the FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS & PRIVACY ACT (FERPA) as defined by the Federal Department of Education may be obtained at

FERPA at www.ed.gov

Note: The USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) amends FERPA to include additional exceptions to the rules of releasing information without student/parent consent.