Annual Notification for USD #413 on Privacy Rights to Parent(s), Guardians, and/or Eligible Students:

This notice informs parents and eligible students (those 18 and older) of their rights concerning access to educational records, limitations on disclosure of record information, the opportunity to challenge the content of education records and provisions for filing a complaint with HEW. These rights are spelled out in Public Law 98-380, as amended by Public Law 93-568, and in regulations published by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the June 17, 1976 Federal Register.

The law and regulations published by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare require educational institutions to:

1) Provide parents opportunities for a hearing to challenge the content of the student's education record when they believe it contains information, which is inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of the student's right to privacy. (Grades are NOT subject to challenge.)

2) Limit disclosure of information of the student's records to those with the consent of the parent of eligible student, or officials specifically permitted within the law, such as local school officials; those of other schools in which the student seeks to enroll; and, under certain conditions and for specific purposes, local, state and federal officials.

Parents of dependent students will have access to the educational records. This agency will assume that the student is dependent on their parent(s) (claimed as tax exemption) until we are otherwise notified.

The Chanute Public Schools may publish directory information collectively or individually, unless a parent and/or eligible student, within ten days after the beginning of school, notifies the privacy officer in writing that any or all of the categories listed below should not be released without prior written consent. The privacy officer is the assistant superintendent, 315 Chanute 35 Parkway. 432-2500.

Directory Information:
a. Name.
b. Address.
c. Telephone listing.
d. Date and place of birth.
e. Major field of study.
f. Participation in officially recognized activities.
g. Sports-weight and height of athletic team members.
h. Dates of attendance.
i. Degrees.
j. Awards received.
k. Most recent previous educational institution attended.

Copies of district policy and implementation procedures are available upon request from the superintendent. Parents and/or eligible students may file a complaint with HEW if they believe their rights under this law have been violated and efforts to resolve the situation through MCPS appeal channels have not proven satisfactory. Complaints should be addressed to:

F.E.R.P.A., HEW
Room 514 E
200 Independence Avenue S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201