WPTV reports:
Two special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) visited an elementary school in Palm Beach County this summer and attempted to obtain information on a student without a subpoena.
The School District of Palm Beach County says it did not provide the agents with the information.
Read more on KSBY.
Given directory information is public information unless you opt out — law enforcement could have access to student & family contact information. US ED warned schools that this information is public & specifically said law enforcement could have access unless you opted out.
They don’t need a subpoena.
Here’s the documentation referenced above:
“School Resource Officers, School Law Enforcement Units, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)”
https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/sites/default/files/resource_document/file/SRO_FAQs_2-5-19_0.pdf
See Q-7 page 8