Andrea Eger reports: Amid outcry from lawmakers and concerns from their own board members, Oklahoma Department of Education officials now say they will redact personal information from the records of high school seniors who appeal high-stakes testing requirements. However, they maintain that students will continue to be required to waive their federal privacy rights concerning…
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Release of U. of I. information now in hands of U.S. appeals court
A federal appeals court is weighing whether the University of Illinois should be forced to release information about applicants who got preferential treatment through a now-defunct secret admissions system. The dispute, pending before the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, stems from the Tribune’s 2009 “Clout Goes to College” series, which exposed the separate admissions…
Privacy and Press Freedom Collide in University Case
Tamar Lewin reports on what is likely the most significant FERPA case that I can recall in almost a decade: It was bad enough for the University of Illinois when The Chicago Tribune’s 2009 series “Clout Goes to College” exposed the existence of a “clout list” that over five years gave hundreds of well-connected students an edge…
RCFP files amicus brief in U. of Illinois FERPA appeal
A press release issued by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Records related to a secret admission process at the University of Illinois that favored applicants with ties to large donors and the politically connected cannot be considered confidential student education records exempt from public release, according to a friend-of-the-court brief filed today in the U.S….