Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)

  • Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) affords parents and students who are 18 or emancipated minors (eligible students) certain rights regarding our conduct of surveys, collection and use of information for marketing purposes, and certain physical exams. These include the right to:

    Consent before students are required to submit to a survey that concerns one or more of the following protected areas (protected information survey) if the survey is funded in whole or in part by a program of the U.S. Department of Education (ED):

    1. Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or student’s parent;
    2. Mental or psychological problems of the student or student’s family;
    3. Sex behavior or attitudes;
    4. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
    5. Critical appraisals of others with whom respondents have close family relationships;
    6. Legally recognized privileged relationships, such as with lawyers, doctors, or ministers;
    7. Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or parents; or
    8. Income, other than as required by law to determine program eligibility.

    Receive notice and an opportunity to opt a student out of:

    1. Any other protected information survey, regardless of funding;

    Inspect, upon request and before administration or use:

    1. Protected information surveys of students;
    2. Instruments used to collect personal information from students for any of the above;
    3. Instructional material used as part of the educational curriculum.

    Grand Island Central School District has developed and adopted policies, in consultation with parents, regarding these rights, as well as arrangements to protect student privacy in the administration of protected surveys and the collection, disclosure, or use of personal information.

    Grand Island Central School District will directly notify parents and eligible students of these policies at least annually at the start of each school year and after any substantive changes. Grand Island Central School District will also directly notify parents and eligible students, such as through U.S. mail or e-mail, at least annually at the start of each school year, if known, of the specific or approximate dates of the following activities and provide an  opportunity to opt a student out of participating in administration of any protected information survey not funded in whole or in part by ED.

    Parents/eligible students who believe their rights have been violated may file a complaint with:

    Family Policy Compliance Office

    U.S. Department of Education

    400 Maryland Avenue, SW

    Washington, D.C. 20202-4605