Shelby Stewart reports: In the Texas State Board of Education’s first comprehensive amendment to their sexual education policy since 1997, the board made a decision that will effect how middle school students learn about sex, according to Aliyya Swaby at the Texas Tribune. The changes to the policy will not include education on sexual orientation, gender…
Category: Youth & Schools
Pasco’s sheriff uses grades and abuse histories to label schoolchildren potential criminals. The kids and their parents don’t know.
Neil Bedi and Kathleen McGrory report: The Pasco Sheriff’s Office keeps a secret list of kids it thinks could “fall into a life of crime” based on factors like whether they’ve been abused or gotten a D or an F in school, according to the agency’s internal intelligence manual. The Sheriff’s Office assembles the list…
‘The cameras are always on’: Student surveillance and privacy protection in the age of e-learning
TyLisa C. Johnson reports: Kendrah Foster is extra, extra vigilant these days. The kinship mother of three children has new territory to navigate as her kids embark on e-learning at Allegheny K-5 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while juggling regular mom duties, assignment assistance and troubleshooting devices. But with new digital learning terrain came new concerns….
Personally identifiable information concerning a deceased former student cannot be released without the student’s consent
Warren Grody of Bricker & Eckler writes: In a rare case where the Ohio Supreme Court’s analysis primarily focused on the Ohio Student Privacy Act, R.C. 3319.321 (OSPA), the Court determined the Act’s provisions apply to the records of a former student, even when the student is deceased. In doing so, the Court demonstrated that, under…