This is what happens when you treat students’ information as “Directory Information” under FERPA. Patti Zarling reports: A group that supports private school vouchers is asking for student information from a number of Wisconsin school districts — including Green Bay, De Pere and West De Pere — apparently for recruitment purposes. School Choice Wisconsin, which…
Category: Youth & Schools
FERPA Update Sought as Part of Federal Student-Data-Privacy Protection Efforts
Benjamin Herold reports: Major possible revisions to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act were debated in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, even as new federal student-data-privacy legislation proposed by the White House continues to inch forward. “Despite the advent of computers, the Internet, Wi-Fi, and cloud services, the law has not been significantly…
FL: No decision about student drug testing at Vero Beach High school
Brian Entin reports: Invasion of your child’s privacy…or just a sign of the times? The Indian River County School District voting Tuesday bring the issue of random drug testing at Vero Beach High School to a public hearing in March. No final decision was made on Tuesday night. […] Students are already randomly drug tested…
Fordham University’s Center on Law and Information Policy Publishes Privacy Handbook for Student Information Online: A Toolkit for Schools and Parents
This looks like a great – and free – resource! Fordham University School of Law Center on Law and Information Policy is pleased to announce the publication of the Privacy Handbook for Student Information Online: A Toolkit for Schools and Parents, which is designed to provide materials that offer tools for school administrators, teachers and parents so…