Code Number: 521.2
Confidential student data are maintained essentially for the purpose of helping the District assess individual student progress and needs, and those data are held in a trust relationship with the parent or guardian.
The Board recognizes, however, that it is necessary to evaluate programming, whether funded internally or externally (as by grants). In such instances, the Superintendent or his/her designee may authorize an
internal or an independent evaluator to access confidential student information maintained by the District, including education records. In order to guarantee that confidential information entrusted to the District remains confidential through any evaluation process, the Superintendent or his/her designee shall determine that the internal or independent evaluator:
- Has been selected for his/her reputation to maintain high standards of integrity and ethics:
- Has outlined and agreed to comply with all applicable statutory, ethical, and professional principles governing the confidentiality of the collected data;
- Has been issued (where necessary) a Federal wide Assurance, as defined and required by the Office for Human Research Protections of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services; and
- Has submitted an evaluation protocol to the Superintendent or his/her designee, approved by an Institutional Review Board that is registered with the Office of Human Research Protections of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- First Adoption:
- 2002-09-10
- Revision Adoption:
- October 12, 2009/ September 9, 2013/ January 8, 2018
- Reviewed Dates:
- December 13, 2017
- Legal Reference:
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20 U.S.C. § 1232g, 1232h 1415
34 C.F.R. Pt. 98, 99, 300 .610 et seq.
Iowa Code §§ 22; 279.8,
281 I.A.C. 12.3(4); 12.8, 41.610 et seq.
1980 Op. Att'y Gen. 720 (Benton), 825