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ANNUAL FERPA NOTICE AND DIRECTORY INFORMATION NOTICE

• ANNUAL NOTICE - Administrators at each school are responsible for the distribution of the annual FERPA notice and directory information notice by publishing the required policy information in school handbooks annually. See PAGE 5 of the Administrative Memo 28 (Section on FERPA and Directory Information) [link to pdf in district policy manual]
• SCHOOL HANDBOOKS - The directory information notice is included annually in student handbook publications from each school. The Administrative Memo 28 above indicates district policies to include in the handbook publication -- including the FERPA directory information notice.

ANNUAL AUDIT OF PRIVACY COMPLIANCE -- Utah Office of Student Data Privacy Annual Audit of Davis District Privacy Compliance [link to pdf]

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BIOMETRIC DATA COLLECTION NOTICE -- Davis School District does not collect student biometric information (e.g. fingerprints, Face ID, etc)

BOARD PRIVACY POLICY - DSD Board Policy: 11IR-110 Student Data and Family Privacy Protection (formerly Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

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DATA COLLECTION NOTICE [link to pdf in district policy manual] - Notice to parents in the student registration packet regarding student information collected by the district. NOTE: this document is presented to be accepted but is only a notice. Parents can submit the directory information withhold release using the documents linked above.

DATA GOVERNANCE PLAN [link to pdf in district policy manual]

DATA RETENTION SCHEDULE [link to pdf in district policy manual]

DIRECTORY INFORMATION OPT OUT REQUEST - Parents or guardians may print and fill out the directory information withhold request (to restrict 3rd party mailings) must be submitted to your school's administration office annually.

• Elementary Schools Directory Information Withhold Release Request [pdf]
• Secondary Schools Directory Information Withhold Release Request [pdf] 

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EMPLOYEE HANDOUT regarding Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)  

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IT SECURITY PLAN [pdf]

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METADATA DICTIONARY - District Approved Technology Tools public listing [link to Searchable Database]

METADATA DICTIONARY - Data Element Definitions [link to Student Data Privacy Coalition SDPC Utah Alliance Dictionary]

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PPRA NOTICE HANDOUT [link to pdf in district policy manual]

PARENTAL PERMISSION FORM [pdf] -- Model template for teachers to request written parental permission to create student account to use an instructional website or service for a short duration. This form should only be used for websites that have already been approved for conditional use through the LearnPlatform Approved Technology Tools list [link to approved technology tools list]

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RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE - DSD Schedule for when student records are retained and purged.

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STUDENT DATA DISCLOSURE [pdf] Utah Code Title 53E-9-305(2) - Annual notification of student data collection

Frequently Asked Questions FAQ

What changed with the DATA COLLECTION NOTICE in myDSD?

The DATA COLLECTION NOTICE is a document that the district is required to provide to all  parents and guardians since 2018 when the state legislature passed the "Student Data and Privacy Protection Act". It was decided to distribute the document as part of the same collection of district-wide documents distributed when students register for school in myDSD, such as the STUDENT ACCEPTABLE TECHNOLOGY USE AGREEMENT.

 

But the DATA COLLECTION NOTICE had the same accept and decline button at the bottom of the page as the other agreements, but the intent of distributing the document was simply to provide notice differently than the purpose of the other documents in the packet of materials. Several parents each year brought this to our attention. 

 

The technology department worked over the 2022-2023 school year to change myDSD to differentiate between agreements and notices. 

 

 

What is P.I.I.?

P.I.I. or PII is the common acronym for Personally Identifiable Information
 

Can I use a data wall to motivate students to monitor and improve their own learning?

Data walls -- publicly posting class academic progress, attendance, test results of any type is a violation of FERPA. Even without PII, with such a small group, scores can still be attributed to students. An acceptable alternative is to use individual file folders or student / teacher mentoring sessions to keep student data and information separate and to keep those folders secure when not in use with that specific student. 

See this Washington Post article from 2014 about data walls and FERPA issues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/02/21/how-some-school-data-walls-violate-u-s-privacy-law/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.df262aa88f40
 

What if I decline the "Data Collection Notice" in myDSD?

The Data Collection Notice posted in myDSD has been (in the past) posted for parents' information, but the program required a response (Accept/Decline). The current version of the tool records that you have opened and read the document alone.

There is no action that needs to be taken if you clicked Accept or Decline on that form
 

Why is my (my student's) information shared with military recruiters?
 

The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), requires all local education agencies, including the Utah Department of Education, to provide to military recruiters, upon their request, the name, address, and telephone number of secondary school students. Secondary school students are defined as students enrolled in middle, intermediate, and/or high schools. It also applies to students in grades 7 through 12 in secondary schools (e.g., 7-8, 9-12).

If any eligible student (18 years of age) or the parent/guardian of a secondary student does not want the Utah Department of Education to provide the requested information to military recruiters, the eligible student or the parent/guardian must "opt out" of providing such information. To do this, the printed and signed Secondary Schools Directory Information Withhold Release Request [pdf] [link to pdf from policy manual] needs to be submitted to the school office by the eligible student or parent/legal guardian.

"Directory Information Withhold Release Request" forms are to be submitted annually and will be accepted at any time during the school year. If a request is submitted after student information has been turned over to the military's Inter-Service Recruitment Council (IRC), the “opt-out” request will apply to future information the Utah Department of Education submits to the IRC. If a parent, guardian, or eligible student does not file an “opt-out” request, student information may be released to the extent that laws, regulations, and/or policies authorize such disclosures without consent.

[adapted from Provo SD directory information notice 9/22/2022]

The Davis School District Student Data Privacy Manager is Jon Hyatt
and can be reached for questions at (801) 402-5360

DEFINITION "Metadata dictionary" as contained in Utah Code https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53E/Chapter9/53E-9-S301.html 

means a record that:
(a) defines and discloses all personally identifiable student data collected and shared by the education entity;
AND
(b) comprehensively lists all recipients with whom the education entity has shared personally identifiable student data, including:
(i)    the purpose for sharing the data with the recipient;
(ii)    the justification for sharing the data, including whether sharing the data was required by federal law, state law, or a local directive; and
(iii)    how sharing the data is permitted under federal or state law; and
(c) without disclosing personally identifiable student data, is displayed on the education entity's website."

 

*** find the link to the DSD metadata dictionary on the Data Privacy documents page

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UTAH CODE SHARING STUDENT DATA -- PROHIBITION 

• -- Requirements for student data manager -- Authorized student data sharing. 
•  https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53E/Chapter9/53E-9-S308.html

USBE STUDENT DATA PRIVACY - LAW AND POLICY  

• State office web site -- 
•  https://schools.utah.gov/studentdataprivacy/lawpolicy

UTAH OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

• --  Rule 487: Public School Data Confidentiality and Disclosure (Current Rules)
•  https://adminrules.utah.gov/public/rule/R277-487/Current%20Rules?

DAVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD POLICY

• 11IR-110 Student Data and Family Privacy Protection 
• https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1617989502/davisk12utus/c83nv8krwthuvydts5cb/11IR-110StudentDataandFamilyPrivacyProtection.pdf

In order to keep students' personally identifiable information (abbreviated PII) secure, every employee who will encounter student PII needs to be trained on a yearly basis.  (11IR-110 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Policy)