Model Notification of Rights Under the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)
June 01, 2008
PPRA affords parents certain rights regarding our conduct of surveys, collection and use of information for marketing purposes, and certain physical exams. These include the right to:
Consent before students are required to submit to a
survey that concerns one or more of the following protected areas
(“protected information survey”) if the survey is funded in whole
or in part by a program of the U.S. Department of Education (ED)
–
1. Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or student’s
parent;
2. Mental or psychological problems of the student or student’s
family;
3. Sex behavior or attitudes;
4. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning
behavior;
5. Critical appraisals of others with whom respondents have close
family relationships;
6. Legally recognized privileged relationships, such as with
lawyers, doctors, or ministers;
7. Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or
parents; or
8. Income, other than as required by law to determine program
eligibility.
Receive notice and an opportunity to opt a student out of
–
1. Any other protected information survey, regardless of
funding;
2. Any non-emergency, invasive physical exam or screening required
as a condition of attendance, administered by the school or its
agent, and not necessary to protect the immediate health and safety
of a student, except for hearing, vision, or scoliosis screenings,
or any physical exam or screening permitted or required under State
law; and
3. Activities involving collection, disclosure, or use of personal
information obtained from students for marketing or to sell or
otherwise distribute the information to others.
Inspect, upon request and before administration or use –
1. Protected information surveys of students;
2. Instruments used to collect personal information from students
for any of the above marketing, sales, or other distribution
purposes; and
3. Instructional material used as part of the educational
curriculum.
These rights transfer from the parents to a student who is 18 years old and an emancipated minor under State law.
Pratt USD 382 has developed and adopted policies, in
consultation with parents, regarding these rights, as well as
arrangements to protect student privacy in the administration of
protected information surveys and the collection, disclosure, or
use of personal information for marketing sales, or other
distribution purposes. Pratt USD 382 will directly notify, such as
through U.S. Mail or email, parents of students who are scheduled
to participate in the specific activities or surveys noted below
and will provide an opportunity for the parent to opt his or her
child out of participation of the specific survey or activity.
Pratt USD 382 will make this notification to parents at the
beginning of the school year if the District has identified the
specific or approximate dates of the activities or surveys at that
time. For surveys and activities scheduled after the school year
starts, parents will be provided reasonable notification of the
planned activities and surveys listed below and be provided an
opportunity to opt their child out of such activities and surveys.
Parents will also be provided an opportunity to review any
pertinent surveys. Following is a list of the specific activities
and surveys covered under this requirement:
• Collection, disclosure, or use of personal information for
marketing, sales or other distribution.
• Administration of any protected information survey not funded in
whole or in part by ED.
• Any non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening as
described above.
Parents who believe their rights have been violated may file a complaint with:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-5920
