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About this episode
FERPA Doesn't Graduate is episode 12 of The Crunch, CyberCrunch's series of 30-second animated ITAD explainers. 1:1 program devices are full of student records, and the lease is up. 30 seconds on FERPA-conscious device retirement for schools and universities. CyberCrunch is an R2v3, NAID AAA, RIOS, and PA DEP certified IT asset disposition and data destruction provider headquartered in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, serving all 50 states.
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Every summer, schools and universities retire devices by the thousand — 1:1 program Chromebooks and laptops, lab machines, faculty refreshes. Each one carries student records in some form: cached logins, documents, rosters, accommodations data. FERPA's protection of those records doesn't end when the device does.
The scale is the trap. A district can't hand-wipe four thousand Chromebooks, and an end-of-lease return with no data step ships the records to whoever refurbishes the fleet.
What works: bulk, certified sanitization with per-device serialized documentation, lease-return coordination so devices never leave with data aboard, and remarketing programs that turn the retired fleet into budget for the next one — a real consideration when every dollar competes with classroom needs.
CYBERCRUNCH · NAID AAA · R2v3 · RIOS · PA DEP
How many devices retire at your institution this year?
Bulk FERPA-conscious destruction with documented custody, built for education timelines and budgets.
