12.105 - Student Privacy

  • Surveys Requesting Personal Information

    Before a school official or staff member administers or distributes a survey or evaluation created by a third party to a student, the student’s parent/guardian may inspect the survey or evaluation, upon their request and within a reasonable time of their request.  This applies to every survey: (1) that is created by a person or entity other than a district official, staff member, or student, (2) regardless of whether the student answering the questions can be identified, and (3) regardless of the subject matter of the questions.

    Parents who object to disclosure of information concerning their child to a third party may do so in writing to the Building Principal.

    Surveys Requesting Personal Information

    School officials and staff members will not request, nor disclose, the identity of any student who completes any survey or evaluation (created by any person or entity, including the school or district) containing one or more of the following items:

    • Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian.
    • Mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s family.
    • Behavior or attitudes about sex.
    • Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior.
    • Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom students have close family relationships.
    • Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those with lawyers, physicians, and ministers.
    • Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian.
    • Income other than that required by law to determine program eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program. 

    The student’s parent/guardian may: (1) inspect the survey or evaluation upon, and within a reasonable time of, their request, and/or (2) refuse to allow their child to participate in the survey. The school will not penalize any student whose parent/guardian exercised this option.

    Instructional Material

    A student’s parent/guardian may inspect, upon their request, any instructional material used as part of their child’s educational curriculum within a reasonable time of their request. 
       

    Selling or Marketing Students’ Personal Information Is Prohibited

    No school official or staff member may market or sell personal information concerning students (or otherwise provide that information to others for that purpose). The term personal information means individually identifiable information including: (1) a student or parent’s first and last name, (2) a home or other physical address (including street name and the name of the city or town), (3) a telephone number, (4) a Social Security identification number or (5) driver’s license number or State identification card.

    The above paragraph does not apply: (1) if the student’s parent/guardian have consented; or (2) to the collection, disclosure or, use of personal information collected from students for the exclusive purpose of developing, evaluating or providing educational products or services for, or to, students or educational institutions.