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September 2007
FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND
PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)
NOTICE FOR DIRECTORY
INFORMATION
The
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a
federal law, requires that Medway Public Schools, with
certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the
disclosure of personally identifiable information from your
child’s education records. However, Medway Public Schools
may disclose appropriately designated “directory
information” without written consent, unless you have
advised the District to the contrary in accordance with
District procedures. The primary purpose of directory
information is to allow Medway Public Schools to include
this type of information from your child’s education records
in certain school publications. Examples include:
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A playbill, showing
your student’s role in a drama production;
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The annual yearbook;
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Honor roll or other
recognition lists;
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Graduation programs;
and
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Sports activity
sheets, such as for wrestling, showing weight and height
of team members.
Directory information, which is information
that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of
privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside
organizations without a parent’s prior written consent.
Outside organizations include; but are not limited to,
companies that manufacture class rings or publish
yearbooks. In addition, two federal laws require local
educational agencies (LEAs) receiving assistance under the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)
to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three
directory information categories: names, addresses and
telephone listings; unless parents have advised the LEA that
they do not want their student’s information disclosed
without their prior written consent.1
If you do not want Medway Public Schools to
disclose directory information from your child’s education
records without your prior written consent, you must
notify the District in writing by September 28, 2007.
Your written request not to disclose directory information
should include the child’s name and grade and should be
addressed to the Office of the Building Principal in the
school your child attends. Medway Public Schools has
designated the following information as directory
information:
Note:
an LEA may, but does not have to, include all the
information listed below.
- Student’s name
- Address
- Telephone listing
- Electronic mail address
- Photograph
- Date and place of birth
- Major field of study
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- Dates of attendance
- Grade level
- Participation in
officially recognized activities and sports
- Weight and height of
members of athletic teams
- Degrees, honors, and
awards received
- The most recent education
agency or institution attended
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Richard P. Grandmont, Ed.
D.
Superintendent
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These laws are: Section 9528 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7908),
as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (P.L.
107-110), the education bill, and 10 U.S.C. 503, as amended
by section 544, the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2002 (P.L. 107-110); the legislation
that provides funding for the Nation’s armed forces.
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