Education Department Escalates Kansas FERPA Dispute
Topeka agreed to change record practices, while Olathe and Shawnee Mission face possible Justice Department action in a broader FERPA dispute.
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Education Department Guidance Highlights Parents’ School-Privacy Rights
An August 26 Education Department letter explains parents’ rights to inspect records and consent to some sensitive surveys and behavioral-health screeners.
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Education Department Sets Aug. 19 Student-Privacy Breach Webinar
The Education Department’s Aug. 19 webinar will use a simulated breach to help schools review vendors, access controls, data flows and response plans.
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Education Department widens school-rights investigations
Federal officials opened investigations in Washington and Colorado and sought updated state policy information, but announced no new July violation findings or funding cuts.
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Education Department opens parental-rights investigations in Washington and Colorado school districts
The Student Privacy Policy Office is investigating Bethel School District and Denver Public Schools over alleged violations involving parental rights and student information.
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Federal education officials find Topeka Public Schools violated FERPA and Title IX
The U.S. Department of Education announced April 17 that Topeka Public Schools, USD 501, was among four Kansas districts found to have violated federal education law. The district faces a proposed resolution process involving student records, facilities and athletics policies.
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Federal Education Department finds Shawnee Mission policies violated FERPA and Title IX
Federal officials said Shawnee Mission School District’s student-records and sex-based facility policies violated federal law, proposing corrective terms that could affect records access, athletics and student accommodations.
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Federal agencies give Kansas City, Kansas, schools until Aug. 4 over student rules
Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools faces an Aug. 4 federal deadline over disputed guidance involving transgender students, parent access to education records and Title IX policies.
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Education Department takes FERPA action against two school districts
Federal officials are pursuing different actions against Maryland and Michigan school districts over parent access to student records involving gender identity.
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ED–DOJ partnership announced June 30 to escalate FERPA parental-access enforcement
On June 30, ED said it began a DOJ partnership to enforce FERPA parental access to education records after Kansas City, Kansas findings.
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Kansas privacy case adds DOJ to Education Department enforcement
United States Education and Civil Rights Policy – The Education Department is pairing with DOJ in a Kansas student privacy case, sharpening the federal stakes for schools nationwide.