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What is an Institutional Review Board? .....
JCPS has a federally registered IRB which reviews all requests for data, research and evaluation. JCPS supports high quality research and evaluation that is solicited by JCPS leadership and aligns with JCPS’ yearly research agenda. The JCPS IRB ensures that there is compliance with 45 CFR 46, Protection of Human Subjects, FERPA, state regulations and JCPS policies.
Why Have an Institutional Review Board?. . .
The mission of the JCPS IRB is to independently assess and evaluate the risks and benefits of proposed research, evaluation and data requests and ensure that risks to human subjects are kept to an absolute minimum and are justified by potential benefits of the research. The IRB also ensures the protection of personally identifiable information under FERPA, as well as informed consent and compliance with the district’s Racial Equity Policy. The IRB facilitates high quality research and evaluation that is aligned to district priorities and the yearly research agenda.
Important Information:
JCPS does not accept unsolicited requests to conduct research or evaluations with the district or individual schools.
Research and evaluation activities include surveys, focus groups, site observations, and requests for identifiable student or staff information or data when requested by university faculty and graduate students (including JCPS staff to fulfill university degree requirements for coursework, dissertations, or capstones) and by vendor/community partner work associated with grants or contracts.
The JCPS Institutional Review Board (IRB) only reviews external requests initiated by JCPS leadership as part of our established Research Practice Partnerships (RPP) and yearly research agenda to directly align with current needs. As such, we do not publish the JCPS IRB meeting dates or provide general access to the secure online application system. For those projects accepted by the JCPS IRB for review, applicants should abide by the following JCPS IRB requirements and guidance documents:
As a federally authorized IRB, the JCPS IRB serves as the IRB of record for any requests involving JCPS schools. We do not hold cooperative agreements with external IRBs. Thus, no research or evaluation activities can take place in JCPS schools without approval from the JCPS IRB.
IRB Contacts:
JCPS IRB Chair - Specialist Research & Evaluation: Danielle Doelling
JCPS IRB Data Tech - Data Management Research Technician: Carla Waynescott
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