Emailing exams: is it okay by FERPA?
It is not a FERPA violation per se, but it might be a violation of university policy which is put in place to guarantee the privacy of student records. This is analogous to the law corresponding to the IRB requirement -- the US government doesn't say what the rule and procedure must be, just what the purpose is and that there must be rules and procedures. The main consideration is that student records can't be "shared" with unauthorized parties, the the university has an obligation to be sure that only authorized parties receive access to these records. My institution classifies all electronic communication with students as "student records", and requires all student records to be viewed and stored only on official university computers on campus, encrypted, and sent to an official campus email address. Technically, this means that if a student emails me a question, I can't reply until I'm on campus using an authorized university computer, and my response has to be encrypted.