Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 7:15
Students
Student and Family Privacy Rights
Surveys and Research
All surveys and research requesting personal information from students, as well as any other instrument used to collect personal information from students, must advance or relate to the District’s educational objectives as identified in Board policy 6:10, Educational Philosophy and Objectives, or assist students’ career choices. This applies to all surveys, regardless of whether the student answering the questions can be identified and regardless of who created the survey.
Surveys Created by a Third Party
Third party student surveys and questionnaires are those that are created by a person or an entity other than a District official, staff member, or student. Third party student surveys and questionnaires may be administered if approved by the Board of Education. An ad hoc committee composed of the District's four Assistant Principals of Instruction will review all proposals on a quarterly basis. If the Assistant Principals of Instruction believe the proposal has merit and follows policy guidleines, they will forward the proposal with their recommendation to the Board of Education for review and approval. The surveys or research must advance the District's educational objectives. Notice will be provided to parents prior to the administration of third party surveys or questionnaires and parents will, upon their
request, be permitted to inspect the survey or questionnaire within a reasonable time of their request.
Survey Requesting Personal Information
School officials and staff members shall not request, nor disclose, the identity of any student who completes any survey or evaluation (created by any person or entity, including the District) containing one or more of the following items:
1. Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student's parent/guardian.
2. Mental or psychological problems of the student or the student's family.
3. Behavior or attitudes about sex.
4. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior.
5. Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom students have close family relationships.
6. Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those with lawyers, physicians, and ministers.
7. Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian.
8. Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program).
The student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) may:
1. Inspect the survey or evaluation upon, and within a reasonable time of, their request; and/or
2. Refuse to allow their child or ward to participate in the activity described above. The school shall not penalize any student whose parent(s)/guardian(s) exercised this option.
Physical Exams or Screenings
No school official or staff member shall subject a student to a non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening as a condition of school attendance. The term “invasive physical examination” means any medical examination that involves the exposure of private body parts, or any act during such examination that includes incision, insertion, or injection into the body, but does not include a hearing, vision, or scoliosis screening.
The above paragraph does not apply to any physical examination or screening that:
1. Is permitted or required by an applicable State law, including physical examinations or screenings that are permitted without parental notification.
2. Is administered to a student in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. §1400 et seq.).
3. Is otherwise authorized by Board policy.
Notification of Rights and Procedures
The Superintendent or designee shall notify students’ parents/guardians of:
1. This policy as well as its availability upon request from the general administration office.
2. How to opt their child or ward out of participation in activities as provided in this policy.
3. The approximate dates during the school year when a survey requesting personal information, as described above, is scheduled or expected to be scheduled.
4. How to request access to any survey or other material described in this policy.
This notification shall be given parents/guardians at least annually, at the beginning of the school year, and within a reasonable period after any substantive change in this policy.
The rights provided to parents/guardians in this policy transfer to the student when the student turns 18 years old, or is an emancipated minor.
LEGAL REF.: Protection of Pupil Rights, 20 U.S.C. §1232h.
Children’s Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act, P.A. 93-462.
105 ILCS 5/10-20.37.
CROSS REF.: 2:260 (Uniform Grievance Procedure), 6:210 (Instructional Materials), 6:220
(Instructional Materials Selection and Adoption), 6:260 (Complaints About
Curriculum, Instructional Materials, and Programs), 7:130 (Student Rights and
Responsibilities)
ADOPTED: August 9, 2004
REVIEWED: May 15, 2006
REVISED: October 23, 2006
REVIEWED: October 27, 2008
REVISED: December 8, 2008
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