DSA STR - Student Data Privacy

STUDENT DATA PRIVACY

Parents need to read and sign the Student Data Privacy Parent Consent Letter listed near the bottom of this page. This letter ask for your permission to use applications your students needs and uses at DSA. There is more information and links in the letter. Click here for an online form.

COMPLETELY SIGN OUT OF ALL COMPUTERS YOU BORROW OR USE

DPS computers, like those labs used in the classroom, library, counseling office and L-Studio, should never be used for personal use. It opens students up to a wide variety of security and privacy issues. If the student doesn't sign out then anyone using the computer next will have access to their school and personal information.

WIFI

When ANYONE uses DPS wifi (either dpsguest, dpsstudent or dpsair02) you grant DPS Information and Security (InfoSec) access to see all browsing history and data.

You can use your personal devices only on dpsguest but when you do you agree to these terms when you click accept on the Acceptable Use policy screen.

Student Password

Finally, if the students are still using their 8 digit birth dates as their password, it is STRONGLY encouraged that they change it. Please click this LINK to reset your password. It is the students responsibility to do this as soon as they can. See also the Password Page for more information.

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.

For more information on the Act, click HERE.

DPS Student Data Privacy - Parent Consent Letter

Dear Parent(s),

This School and its teachers use several online tools to engage students and drive their learning. On our District’s Academic Technology Menu (ATM) http://atm.dpsk12.org/usage_reporting.aspx is a list of online tools that one or more of your student's teacher(s) would like to utilize as an online learning tool. In accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) - https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule, we are seeking your consent to disclose certain student data with on-demand service providers, which may include personally identifiable information from your student’s DPS education records. Please note that parent consent is not required for your student to use any tools of service providers listed on the ATM where either: (1) the service provider has a Data Sharing Agreement in place with DPS, or (2) no student personally identifiable information is used or captured by the resource.

Please review the ATM at http://atm.dpsk12.org/ to see the new online tools we will be using at our School that require parent consent (Select your student’s School under the “School Breakdowns” section and click on the “Parent Consent Required” tab). We recommend that you visit each of these websites and review the Privacy Policy of each service provider, which details the information the site collects when your student is using the site. When an email address is needed, we will have your student use his or her District-provided email account when using these sites. We may also provide personally identifiable information from your student’s DPS education records only as needed to use the site. Please note that the District discourages sharing of sensitive student data without having a formal DPS Data Sharing Agreement in place. Finally, please note that if your student’s classroom uses Zoom with parent consent, teachers may be recording synchronous instruction to share with students and will post the recording to Schoology or Seesaw in accordance with DPS policy.

As noted above, consent is applicable to those tools listed under the “Parent Consent Required” tab on the ATM. Thus, if you choose not to sign this permission form, your student may only participate in the online tools approved for use under the “Parent Consent Not Required” tab of the ATM. This permission will expire at the end of this school year, and can be revoked any time.

The school or your student's teacher may add new online tools to the “Parent Consent Required” list during the reminder of the year. When new online tools are added to this list, parents will be notified by the school.

Sincerely,

Dr. Anthony McWright

Executive Principal

Click here for the online form.

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