The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires the District, with certain exceptions, to obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your student’s education records. However, the District may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have advised the District to the contrary in accordance with District procedures. The District designates only the following student information as directory information:

• Name
• Address
• Grade level
• Birth date
• Parent(s)/guardian(s) names, addresses, electronic mail addresses, and telephone numbers
• Photographs, videos, or digital images used for informational or news-related purposes (whether by a media outlet or by the school) of a student participating in school or school-sponsored activities, organizations, and athletics that have appeared in school publications, such as yearbooks, newspapers, or sporting or fine arts programs
• Academic awards, degrees, and honors
• Information in relation to school-sponsored activities, organizations, and athletics
• Major field of study
• Period of attendance in school

You can access additional information regarding directory information by reviewing Administrative Procedure 7-340-AP1, E1 Exhibit (Notice to Parents/Guardians and Students of Their Rights Concerning a Student’s School Records).