Confidentiality

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Confidentiality

• FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act)
• IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)

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A Legal Protection of Privacy

• A childs educational records often contain
  private personal information about the child and
  the family

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Confidentiality of Records

• In the course of determining a childs
  eligibility for special education services and
  designing a program to meet the childs needs,
  schools may acquire a good bit of information
  about a child.
• This information includes social and medical
  history. As well as medical and other personal
  information about the student and other members
  of the family

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FERPA (Confidentiality)

• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
• Key Legal Terms
• Need to Know
• Personally Identifiable Information
• Educational Record

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Viewing Student Records

• Must have a need to know in order to view student
  records
• When in doubt, dont!

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Sharing Student Records

• Use the need to know standard
• Some people do not need permission
• Some people need written permission
• When in doubt, dont!

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FERPA Examples

• Casual conversation in the teachers lounge,
  hall, etc.
• Sharing with your friends or family members
• Sharing with the students friends or
  non-guardian family members

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District File Check out Procedures

• Complete the orange check out sheet included in
  every active district file by providing
• The date the file was removed
• The name of the person removing and keeping the
  file
• The reason the file was removed
• Place the orange card in the students empty
  hanging file
• To return files
• Provide the date
• cross out the entire line
• Return the orange check out card to the front
  of the file
• Place the file in the students hanging file