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Can you believe it? Summer isn’t over yet, but it’s already time to start thinking about the upcoming school year. For parents of younger children, this means shopping for school supplies and new clothes, reestablishing...more
The United States Department of Education (DOE) recently released two new guidance documents focused on student health records to remind schools of their continued obligations to protect students’ rights under the Family...more
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has issued guidance in the form of Frequently Asked Questions to assist school officials with how to protect student privacy under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA),...more
On March 12, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) issued a critical Frequently Asked Questions guidance document (and also established a resource page) for the education sector regarding compliance with the Family...more
Preparations are well underway for the largest peacetime mobilization of federal resources—the decennial census. As a result of their “hard to count” student populations, as well as their obligations under federal student...more
Compliance Today (February 2020) - On December 19, the U.S. Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the release of the “updated joint guidance...more
On January 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) issued a letter to Institutions of Higher Education to address issues that may arise as a result of the 2020 Census. (Note that this...more
Today, the U.S. Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released updated joint guidance regarding the application of the Family Educational Rights and...more
This summer, Pearson notified a handful of Illinois school districts that its AIMSweb 1.0 Platform had experienced a data breach that impacted over 13,000 account holders nationally. ...more
In February 2019, the U.S. Department of Education released new Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) guidance about schools’ and school districts’ responsibilities under FERPA relating to disclosures of student...more
In November 2017, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a letter clarifying student and parental rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) when a school uses online third-party service...more
Recently-issued guidance from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) threatens to “yank” Title IV funding for post-secondary institutions lacking appropriate data security safeguards....more
This year has been a busy year for education law in the area of data privacy. Educational institutions continue to be a rich target for hackers. Additionally, there were some important developments in the interpretation of...more
The Department of Education recently issued three pieces of guidance, including detailed non-regulatory guidance, a student fact sheet, and a “Dear Colleague” letter, all of which address meeting the needs of homeless...more
“Not so fast!” cried privacy advocates and parents when California federal judge Kimberly Mueller ordered the release of a huge database of personally identifiable student information to a group of plaintiffs’ lawyers. ...more