Joshua A. Engel reports: The debate over when officials can search a student’s cell phone is an emerging e-discovery issue. This is illustrated in the recent case N.N. v. Tunkhannock Area School District, Civil Action No. 3:10-CV-1080, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. In this case, a student at Tunkhannock Area High School…
Category: Youth & Schools
Justice Dept. and Colleges Back Illinois FERPA Appeal
From Inside HigherEd: The U.S. Justice Department and nine college associations have filed briefs backing the University of Illinois in its attempt to overturn a judge’s ruling that documents requested by The Chicago Tribune are not covered by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The Tribune requested the documents — which deal with applicants’ grades, test scores and parents…
U. of I. disclosure appeal gets under way in federal court
Antonio Olivo reports: The University of Illinois on Wednesday filed its opening brief in an appeal to a federal court ruling that a privacy law governing financial aid does not bar the school from releasing information about hundreds of well-connected college applicants. In an ongoing legal dispute that stems from the Tribune’s 2009 “Clout Goes…
MB: Schools ban posting of student photos online
Nick Martin reports: Manitoba’s largest school division is trying to put the social-media genie back in the bottle just in time for graduation. The Winnipeg School Division has adopted stringent privacy policies -increasing up its already rigid standards -in an effort to keep photo and video of its students off the Internet. Anyone recording a…