Alyssa Newcomb reports: Samples of DNA were collected without parental consent from students at a Sacramento, Calif., middle school in connection with the murder of an 8 th grade student who was found stabbed, strangled and beaten to death near the dugout of a local park. The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department, which has been spearheading the…
Category: Youth & Schools
FL: Pasco school board to consider limiting student photos on Facebook
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…
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,…