Taylor Armerding writes: When parents send their kids (who at that point are legally adults) off to college, they expect not only that they will be educated, but that they will be living in a safe place with a reasonable measure of personal privacy. Most higher-ed institutions provide at least a measure of that. But…
Category: Youth & Schools
Tennessee puts Nashville on notice to provide student data to charter operators
Jason Gonzales reports: Tennessee put the state’s two largest school districts on notice that they must provide student contact information to the Achievement School District and charter operators — or risk losing state funding. Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen warned Shelby County Schools in a letter on Monday that it must give the information to an Achievement…
NY: Cuomo Signs Legislation Protecting Student Privacy
Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation putting into place additional protections for students and expanding anti-tampering laws to prohibit unlawful alteration of any official student record in any primary, intermediate, high school or college in the state. “These records can set the course for a student’s entire future and New York must make every effort…
Court: College’s required vaginal ultrasound probe not a 4-A “search”
There’s a follow-up on a case involving Valencia College that I’ve been covering since 2015. The case raises a number of issues that I find troubling. Eva Fedderly reports on the latest developments, which include a judge disagreeing that a required vaginal ultrasound probe is a Fourth Amendment “search” under the conditions of this case:…