Early Childhood Educators | Protecting Student Privacy

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However, many schools are wondering whether the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) allows them to disclose information about cases of COVID-19 to the community. The Student Privacy Policy Office provided answers to these questions in our March 2020 guidance. Subsequent to issuing the guidance, we have seen reports that states, cities, school districts, and schools are continuing to face questions about disclosing COVID-19 cases.</p></div> <footer> <div style="width:61%; float:left;"> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Topics</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/topic/family-educational-rights-privacy-act-ferpa" hreflang="en">Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA)</a></div> </div> </div> <span style="float:right; text-transform:uppercase;"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Date</div> <div class="field--item"><time datetime="2020-09-24T12:00:00Z">September 2020</time> </div> </div> </span></div> <div style="width:39%; float:left;"> <a class="download-btn btn btn-primary" target="_blank" href="/sites/default/files/resource_document/file/Blog%20post%209-24-20.pdf"></a><div> </footer> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> <article id="node-568" class="node node-resource-document node-teaser contextual-links-region clearfix" data-history-node-id="568"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item">Guidance</div> </div> <h2><a href="/resources/improving-effectiveness-and-efficiency-ferpa-enforcement"> <span>Improving the Effectiveness and Efficiency of FERPA Enforcement</span> </a></h2> </header> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The Department is committed to protecting student privacy. To provide more timely and effective assistance to parents and students and to address a recommendation made by the Department’s Office of the Inspector General to “implement a risk-based approach to processing and resolving FERPA complaints,”  the Department is modifying its investigatory practices to more efficiently address and resolve complaints and violations under FERPA.  </p> </div> <footer> <div style="width:61%; float:left;"> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Topics</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/topic/family-educational-rights-privacy-act-ferpa" hreflang="en">Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA)</a></div> </div> </div> <span style="float:right; text-transform:uppercase;"> <div class="field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Date</div> <div class="field--item"><time datetime="2018-12-20T12:00:00Z">December 2018</time> </div> </div> </span></div> <div style="width:39%; 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