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….
Category: Youth & Schools
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…
School Stakeholders Navigating Student Privacy
Dominic Dhil Panakal of Womble Bond Dickinson Parents, students, and educators are navigating a novel educational landscape. Some schools are relying on a virtual model that requires significant technological involvement, others have opened up their facilities for in-school learning, with significant testing and safety precautions, and others have created a fusion of the two. Each…
Which Privacy Protections Apply? HIPAA, FERPA and COVID-19
Elizabeth G. Litten of FoxRothschild writes: A recent conversation with a colleague in California prompted me to write this. He said that as part of its back-to-school plan, his children’s elementary school district “highly encouraged” that all students be tested for COVID-19 before returning to class. The district provided families with an in-home saliva test…