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It shall be the policy of M.S.A.D. 71 to provide for the confidentiality of all student education records that are maintained by M.S.A.D. 71, as required by both Maine law and the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
M.S.A.D. 71 shall provide annual notification to the parents of students currently in attendance and to eligible students (18 years old or older) of their rights in relation to the student education records being maintained by M.S.A.D. 71.
M.S.A.D. 71 designates the following information about students as directory information: name, the student’s participation in officially recognized activities and sports, height and weight of student athletes and grade level in school of students in extracurricular activities, date of attendance at M.S.A.D. 71 schools, and honors and awards received.
M.S.A.D. 71 may disclose directory information about students in attendance if it has given the notification required by FERPA to parents of the students and to eligible students and has not received timely written notice refusing permission to designate some or all of the types of information about a student as directory information.
Under Maine law, M.S.A.D. 71 shall not publish on the Internet without written parental consent any information, whether directory or otherwise, that identifies a student including but not limited to the student’s full name, photograph, personal biography, email address, home address, date of birth, social security number, and parents’ names.
The Superintendent, in consultation with other school administrators of M.S.A.D. 71, shall develop and promulgate procedures for implementing this policy and may, from time to time, amend those procedures as necessary.
Legal: 20 USC § 1232g
34 CFR Part 99
20-A MRSA § 6001
Me. Dept. of Ed. Reg. Ch. 101 § 15 (Nov. 1999)
Adopted: 07/21/03