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Student Data Privacy

Forest Ridge School District 142 takes the privacy of our student's data seriously. This page intends to make transparent and is working diligently to be compliant with the Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA) when it goes into effect July 1, 2021.

 

Parents can request to review and correct any information maintained by the District or any online/application provider by contacting the District 142 Privacy Officer, Jeff Damhoff.

 

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

CIPA was enacted by Congress in 2000 to address concerns about children’s access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet. CIPA imposes certain requirements on schools or libraries that receive discounts Internet access and other technology services, or that receive federal grants for other technology expenses.

 

You can read more about CIPA on the FCC's website or by viewing this video - https://youtu.be/PmO-Uw9_ta4

 

Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA)

Effective July 1, 2021, school districts will be required by the Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA) to provide additional guarantees that student data is protected when collected by educational technology companies, and that data is used for beneficial purposes only (105 ILCS 85).

DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS
Below is a high-level overview of the new requirements. Please refer to the legislation for specific timelines and components of each element. School districts must:

  1. Annually post a list of all operators of online services or applications utilized by the district.
  2. Annually post all data elements that the school collects, maintains, or discloses to any entity. This information must also explain how the school uses the data, and to whom and why it discloses the data.
  3. Post contracts for each operator within 10 days of signing.
  4. Annually post subcontractors for each operator.
  5. Post the process for how parents can exercise their rights to inspect, review and correct information maintained by the school, operator, or ISBE.
  6. Post data breaches within 10 days and notify parents within 30 days.
  7. Create a policy for who can sign contracts with operators.
  8. Designate a privacy officer to ensure compliance.
  9. Maintain reasonable security procedures and practices. Agreements with vendors in which information is shared must include a provision that the vendor maintains reasonable security procedures and practices.
Forest Ridge School District 142 leverages the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC), which is an unique collaborative of schools, districts, regional, territories and state agencies, policy makers, and trade organizations addressing real-world, adaptable, and implementable solutions to growing data privacy concerns. Through the SDPC the district enters into contracts with third party vendors who handle our student's data.
 
If you would like to view the Data Privacy Agreements (DPA) that Forest Ridge School District 142 current holds, please click on the following link - https://sdpc.a4l.org/district_search.php?state=IL&districtID=5846.
 

 

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

FERPA is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds from the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children’s education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level.

You can learn more about FERPA by viewing this video - https://youtu.be/nhlDkS8hvMU

 

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

The primary goal of COPPA is to place parents in control over what information is collected from their young children online. COPPA was designed to protect children under age 13 while accounting for the dynamic nature of the Internet. The Rule applies to operators of commercial websites and online services (including mobile apps) directed to children under 13 that collect, use, or disclose personal information from children, and operators of general audience websites or online services with actual knowledge that they are collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13. The Rule also applies to websites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information directly from users of another website or online service directed to children.

You can read more about COPPA on the FTC's website or by viewing this video - https://youtu.be/gwy5mNuXdFA

 

Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)

PPRA is intended to protect the rights of parents and students in two ways:

  • It seeks to ensure that schools and contractors make instructional materials available for inspection by parents if those materials will be used in connection with an ED-funded survey, analysis, or evaluation in which their children participate; and
  • It seeks to ensure that schools and contractors obtain written parental consent before minor students are required to participate in any ED-funded survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals certain information.

PPRA applies to programs that receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education. 

You can read more about PPRA on the Department of Education's website.