Ronnie Blair reports: Pasco County students who use cellphones or other electronic devices to snap photos of classmates, teachers or anyone else at school would need to ask permission under planned revisions to the student code of conduct. They would also need to ask the person’s permission before posting those photos on social network sites…
Category: Youth & Schools
If parents don’t opt-out: FERPA Sunday edition
Should churches be allowed to get public school students’ names and addresses? If you think not, remember that it’s directory information under FERPA. And if you don’t opt-out of sharing your child’s information, yes, they can get it, and yes, they can then contact your child to invite them to religious events and the like…
Students in California may be asked to declare sexuality when enrolling in state colleges
Christopher Brocklebank reports: Prospective students at the University of California and California State University campuses may be asked to volunteer information when applying or enrolling next year on whether they are LGBT. This partially arises from an obscure state law aimed at discerning whether students at said institutions are getting enough services, including counselling. But,…
Student fights drug testing
Matt Hutchinson reports: A Loyalsock Township High School senior’s final few months of activities and the district’s drug testing policy now rests in the hands of Lycoming County Judge Richard A. Gray. Gray heard arguments Tuesday during a preliminary injunction request that seeks to overturn Loyalsock Township School District’s random drug testing policy, which was…