For all policies and complete versions of those policies below please find our district policies on the Supervisory Union’s website.  If you would like a hard copy of any of these policies, please contact your child’s school.

 

Protection of Pupil Rights Act

The Protection of Pupil Rights Act, 20 U.S.C. §1232h (hereinafter “PPRA”), requires parental

notification in a number of respects

 

a. 20 U.S.C. §1232h(c)(2)(A)(i) requires local education agencies to notify parents annually, at the

beginning of the school year and within a reasonable time after any amendment thereof, of the

adoption or continued use of PPRA policies. These local policies must include the following:

i. The rights of parents to inspect surveys created by a “third party” (meaning not

federally funded) before it is administered,

ii. Procedures for such inspection of surveys,

iii. Arrangements to protect student privacy with respect to surveys on sensitive matters,

iv. The right to inspect any instructional materials used as part of the educational

curriculum,

v. Procedures for inspecting the instructional materials,

vi. The administration of any physical examinations or screenings,

vii. The collection or disclosure of student information for marketing purposes,

viii. The right of a parent to inspect any instrument used in the collection of personal

information for marketing purposes before such information is collected or disclosed, and

ix. Procedures for obtaining access to such instruments in a timely fashion.

b. 20 U.S.C. §1232h(c)(2)(A)(ii) requires an annual notice to parents of the right to opt out of certain activities including collection of personal student information for marketing purposes, administration of certain surveys, and non-emergency invasive physical examinations or screenings.

c. 20 U.S.C. §1232h(c)(2)(B) provides that schools notify parents, at least annually at the beginning of the school year, of the specific or approximate dates when any of the following will occur: collection of information for marketing purposes, administration of surveys containing sensitive questions, and any non-emergency, invasive physical examinations or screenings.

d. 20 U.S.C. §1232h(d) provides that schools must “give parents and students effective notice of their rights under this section [PPRA].”

 

Civil Rights Act Provisions

34 C.F.R. §100.6(d) requires “recipients” of federal funding to provide information to

“beneficiaries” regarding the nondiscrimination