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At least three federal circuits have ruled that minors have informational privacy rights, but the implication of these rulings for public school students and their parents is not clear (Waldman, 2015). Do such rulings provide greater informational privacy rights to students and their families than afforded by federal public education laws (e.g., Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974)? In an older court case, a federal district court ruled that parents of schoolchildren have a right to be free from the invasion of family privacy by the school (Merriken v. Cressman, 1973). In light of contemporary concerns about the collection of extensive quantities of personally identifiable student information by schools and its disclosure to third parties (Reidenberg et al., 2013), future court decisions may provide new guidance on the appropriate balance between the school’s need for information about students and their families and the right of students and parents to be free from inquiry into matters in which the school does not have “a legitimate and proper” interest.