Model: Student Data Privacy School Board Policy, Carroll County Public Schools

Model: Student Data Privacy School Board Policy, Carroll County Public Schools

Carroll County Public Schools revised its student data governance policy to be “comprehensive” and to serve as a framework that can be built on in the future.

The policy sets up the committees that will be in charge of creating a plan with specifics. It was approved in August 2019.

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