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Incident Response Flowchart
May 12, 2017Learn MoreThe Incident Response Tool and Flowchart guides administrators through all the steps of incident management: fact-finding, documentation, reporting, engaging t…
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2016 Forum Guide to Education Data Privacy
May 12, 2017Learn MoreThe Forum Guide to Education Data Privacy was developed as a resource for state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) to use in assisting school staff i…
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Forum Guide to Supporting Data Access for Researchers: An SEA Perspective
May 12, 2017Learn MoreThe primary audiences for this document are data policymakers and managers in SEAs who are generally responsible for managing and responding to requests for da…
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Data Stewardship: Managing PII in Electronic Student Education Records
May 12, 2017Learn MoreAdministrators and data managers can help ensure the protection of personally identifiable information in the student records they maintain by developing and i…
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Basic Concepts and Definitions for Privacy and Confidentiality in Student Education Records
May 12, 2017Learn MoreThis brief is intended to be useful for anyone responsible for the development, maintenance, protection, or use of student record data. This brief discusses ba…
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Student Privacy 101: Health Privacy in Schools – What Law Applies?
May 11, 2017Robert Gellman and Pam DixonLearn MoreWhether your records are covered under HIPAA or FERPA — or in some cases are not covered under any law — can be a challenging question to answer in some instan…
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Please Don’t Tell My Mom! A Minor’s Right to Informational Privacy
May 11, 2017Caitlin CullitanLearn MoreThis Article argues for a new and improved approach to adolescents informational privacy rightsconcerning matters of sexuality, such as minors’ exploration of …
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Dismantling a Dual-Headed System of Governance: How a Regulatory Overlap Undercuts the Security of Student Health Information in Public Schools
May 11, 2017Bryan ThurmondLearn MoreThis article argues that regulating student health information through two separate federal statutes further monitored by two separate administrative agencies …
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Foster Care and Education Q&A
May 11, 2017Learn MoreThis Q&A document addresses how recent changes to FERPA can help child welfare agencies gain access to school records.
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The Uninterrupted Scholars Act: How Schools Can Share Information about Foster Children with Child Welfare Agencies
May 11, 2017Learn MoreThis article is geared towards schools to provide them guidance on how they can provide information to child welfare agencies with existing privacy laws, inclu…
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Summary and Analysis of the Data Privacy Provisions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Proposed Head Start Performance Standard
May 11, 2017Learn MoreOn June 19, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking public comment on proposed ch…
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Privacy and Cloud Computing in Public Schools
May 11, 2017Learn MoreThe goals of the study are threefold: first, to provide a national picture of cloud computing in public schools; second, to assess how public schools address t…