But the commissioner’s frightening assertion is considerably less frightening when one learns that in the 42 years since FERPA was enacted, no college or university has ever been fined a single dollar for releasing any kind of records — even though many institutions have complied with requests similar to mine. FERPA, it turns out, does not prohibit fulfilling an isolated records request made in the public interest. FERPA forbids only “a policy or practice of releasing education records,” and allows for exceptions