Protection of Pupil Rights Policy

The Board of Education recognizes that student surveys are a valuable tool in determining student’s needs for educational services. Parents have the right to inspect all instructional materials that will be used for a survey analysis or evaluation as part of a U.S. Department of Education - funded program. In addition, no minor student may, without parental consent, take part in a survey analysis or evaluation funded in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Education that reveals information concerning:

1. Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parents;
2. Mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s
family;
3. Sex behavior or attitudes;
4. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating or demeaning behavior;
5. Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships;
6. Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians and ministers;
7. Religious practices, affiliations or belief of the student or the student’s parents;
8. Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program).

Parents have the right to inspect upon their request any instructional material which is used as part of the educational curriculum. Instructional material is defined by the Board of Education as
instructional content that is provided to a student regardless of format including printed or representational materials, audiovisual materials, material in electronic or digital formats (such as materials accessible through the internet). It does not includes tests or academic assessments.

A parent who wishes to inspect and review instructional material shall submit a request in writing to the building principal. Upon receipt of such request, arrangements will be made by the building principal to provide the parent access to instructional materials requested within 30 calendar days after the request has been received by the principal.

It is the policy of the Board of Education not to permit the collections, disclosure or use of personal information collected from students for the purpose of marketing or selling that information or providing it to others for that purpose. This does not apply to collection, disclosure or use of personal information collected from students for the exclusive purpose of developing, evaluating or providing educational products or services.

Parents shall also have the option upon provision of written notice to the district to opt the student out of any non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening of their student which is required as a condition of attendance administered by the school or school personnel. The term invasive physical examination means any medical examination that includes incision, insertion or injecting into the body, but does not include a hearing, vision or scoliosis screening. Further, it does not include any examination necessary to protect the immediate health or safety of the student or other students.
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