Notice for Directory Information
 

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that Crossroads Charter High School, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child's education records. However, CCHS may disclose appropriately designated "directory information" without written consent, unless you have advised CCHS to the contrary in accordance with CCHS procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow CCHS to include this type of information from your child's education records in certain school publications. Examples include:

 

 

A playbill, showing your student's role in a drama production

The annual yearbook

Honor roll or other recognition lists

Graduation programs

Sports activity sheets, such as for wrestling, showing weight and height of team members

 

 

Directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parent's prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks. In addition, two federal laws require local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories - names, addresses and telephone listings - unless parents have advised the LEA that they do not want their student's information disclosed without their prior written consent.

If you do not want CCHS to disclose directory information from your child's education records without your prior written consent, you must notify CCHS in writing by 10 days after the beginning of the each semester. CCHS  has designated the following information as directory information: [Note: an LEA may, but does not have to, include all the information listed below.]

 

 

           Student's name       

             Participation in officially recognized activities and sports

             Address

             Telephone listing

             Weight and height of members of athletic teams

             Electronic mail address

             Photograph

             Degrees, honors, and awards received

             Date and place of birth

             Major field of study

             Dates of attendance

             Grade level

             The most recent educational agency or institution attended

 

Footnotes:  1.These laws are: Section 9528 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7908), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-110), the education bill, and 10 U.S.C. 503, as amended by section 544, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (P.L. 107-107), the legislation that provides funding for the Nation's armed forces.

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