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The Board of Education respects the privacy rights of parents and their children. No student shall be required, as a
part of the school program or the District's curriculum, without prior written consent of the student (if an adult, or an
emancipated minor) or, if an unemancipated minor, his/her parents, to submit to or participate in any survey,
analysis, or evaluation that reveals information concerning:
A. Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or his/her parents;
B. Mental or psychological problems of the student or his/her family;
C. Sex behavior or attitudes;
D. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating or demeaning behavior;
E. Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships;
F. Legally recognized privileged and analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and
ministers;
G. Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or his/her parents; or
H. Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving
financial assistance under such a program).
The Superintendent shall ensure that procedures are established whereby parents may inspect any materials
created by a third party used in conjunction with any such survey, analysis, or evaluation before the
survey/evaluation is administered or distributed by the school to the student. The parent will have access to the
survey/evaluation within a reasonable period of time after the request is received by the building principal.
Consistent with parental rights, the Board directs building and program administrators to:
A. Notify parents in writing of any surveys, analyses, or evaluations, which may reveal any of the information,
as identified in A-H above, in a timely manner, and which allows interested parties to request an opportunity
to inspect the survey, analysis, or evaluation; and the administrator to arrange for inspection prior to initiating
the activity with students;
B. Allow the parents the option of excluding their student from the activity;
C. Report collected data in a summarized fashion which does not permit one to make a connection between
the data and individual students or small groups of students;
D. Treat information as identified in A-H above as any other confidential information in accordance with
Policy 8350.
Additionally, parents have the right to inspect, upon request, any instructional material used as part of the
educational curriculum of the student. The parent will have access to the instructional material within a reasonable
period of time after the request is received by the building principal. The term instructional material means
instructional content that is provided to a student, regardless of its format, including printed and representational
materials, audio-visual materials, and materials in electronic or digital formats (such as materials accessible
through the Internet). The term does not include academic tests or assessments.
For the privacy of students whose parents request that they not take part in the survey, arrangements will be
made prior to the time period when the survey will be given, for the student(s) to go to a supervised location where
under the supervision of a staff member the student will be provided with an alternate activity.
The Board will not allow 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).
The Superintendent is directed to provide notice directly to parents of students enrolled in the District of the
substantive content of this policy at least annually at the beginning of the school year, and within a reasonable
period of time after any substantive change in this policy. In addition, the Superintendent is directed to notify
parents of students in the District, at least annually at the beginning of the school year, of the specific or
approximate dates during the school year when theadministration of any survey by a third party that contains one
or more of the items described in A though H above are scheduled or expected to be scheduled.
For purposes of this policy, the term "parent" includes a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis
(such as grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives, or a person who is legally responsible for the welfare
of the child).
20 U.S.C. 1232(a)(b)(g)(h)
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