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Summary of the Student Data Privacy Act (SDPA)
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State law passed during 2014 legislative session
Major requirements for school districts:
- Requires annual notice to parents of SDPA and signed acknowledgement of receipt
- Places restrictions on sharing of student data
- Districts must have data sharing agreements when sharing personally identifiable student data (covering data security, data destruction or return)
- Districts may share aggregate student data without data sharing agreement
- Places restrictions on collection of student data
- Requires written parental consent to:
- Collect biometric data (retina scans, fingerprints, handwriting samples)
- Assess a student's psychological or emotional state
- Administer surveys that relate to views on:
- Sex
- Religion
- Family life
- Morality
- Requires written parental consent to:
- Some overlap and conflict with Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- FERPA still primary law regulating confidentiality of student records. SDPA does not change FERPA but still unclear what happens where laws overlap.
- Must notify parents if breach of confidentiality
Questions please contact General Administration or Staff Counsel
Full text of the law and legislative summary can be found here: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/sb367/