FERPA
FERPA Toolkit
The Privacy of Student Information Guide from The National Forum on Education Statistics is a comprehensive toolkit to all topics related to the Family Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
“Staying out of Trouble 101”
Wendy Zbeb, principal of Rochester HS, passed along this information memo from their district's Human Resources department for building administrators to review with their staff.
Locker room Surveillance Camera Violates Students’ Constitutional Privacy Rights
By Robert Ebersole, Assistant Legal Counsel
Michigan Association of School Boards
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, OH, has recently released an opinion, Brannum v Overton County School Board, ___F3d___, 2008 WL 441436, that concerns the use of surveillance cameras in a school setting. The decision clearly states that there are limits on the use of video surveillance technology in the school setting.
Students, FERPA and Videoptape
By Brad Banasik, Legal Counsel
Michigan Association of School Boards
