Student Privacy: School districts that receive federal funds for any program administered by the U.S. Department of Education are required by the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment [20 U.S.C § 1232(h)] to provide reasonable notice of their student privacy policies directly to parents at least annually at the beginning of the school year. In addition, districts receiving federal education funds are also required to notify parents at least annually at the beginning of the school year of the specific and approximate dates during the school year when the following activities are scheduled or expected to be scheduled:
Activities involving the collection, disclosure or use of personal information collected from students for the purpose of marketing or for selling that information (or otherwise providing that information to others for that purpose).
2.The administration of any survey containing information related to one or more of the following items:
political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent;
mental and psychological problems of the student or the student’s family;
sex behaviors or attitudes;
illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating or demeaning behavior;
critical appraisals of other individuals with whom students have close family relationships;
religious practices, affiliations or beliefs of the student or student’s parents; or
income, other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such a program.
For purposes of this law, “survey” includes an evaluation.
3. Any non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening that is: (a) required as a condition of attendance, (b) administered by the school and scheduled by the school in advance,and (c) not necessary to protect the immediate health and safety of the student or other students.