Pupil Records/Notice of Privacy Rights of Parents and Students
(E.C. sections 49063, 49068, 49060, 49069, and 49070; 20 U.S.C. 1232g, h; 34 C.F.R. 99.7)
You have a right to inspect and review your child’s school records, to challenge their contents, to have an administrator assist you in interpreting the records, request amendment to ensure that they are not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of your child’s privacy rights, to seek expungement of those records, to have a district-level hearing to appeal the decision not to change records, and to file a complaint with the state and/or United States Department of Education if the district fails to comply with state and federal law with regard to your child’s records. Except for certain exceptions, pupil records are confidential and will not be disclosed without your consent. You also have the right to inspect all instructional materials which will be used in connection with any survey, analysis, or evaluation as part of any applicable program.
Please be aware, however, that when your child enrolls or intends to enroll in another district, we will send his or her records to that district. Your child’s records may be shared with school officials and employees, and other persons connected with the school who have a legitimate educational interest and who may need them to perform his or her tasks. Persons outside the District who may be considered school officials include a contractor, consultant, volunteer, insurance carrier, claims adjuster, accountant, or other party to whom the District has outsourced institutional services or functions. For example, pupil records may be used to identify and verify eligibility for certain services under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. For further information or assistance contact Tina Brooks at 585-2400 x 4104 or the Family Policy Compliance Office, U. S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4605.
Pursuant to Education Code section 49064, a log or record must be maintained for your child’s record which lists all persons, agencies, or organizations requesting or receiving information from the record and legitimate interests therefore. This log can be inspected at your child’s school.
Release of Pupil Directory Information
(E.C. sections 49061(c)), 49070, 51938; 20 U.S.C. 1232h)
The law allows schools to release “directory information” to certain persons or organizations. Sometimes activities involve the collection, disclosure, or use of personal or directory information for the purpose of marketing or selling that information (e.g., purchase and sale of school yearbooks, school photography, and graduation attire). District staff may administer or distribute to students a survey instrument that is designed for the purpose of collecting personal information for marketing or sale, provided that the instrument is administered in accordance with law. Directory information may include a student’s name, address, telephone information, electronic mail address, photograph, student ID number, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, and the most recent previous public or private school attended by the student. If you wish that the district withhold any of this information, contact the school principal.
You have the right to inspect a survey or other instrument to be administered or distributed to your child that either collects personal information for marketing or sale or requests information about beliefs and practices and any instructional material to be used as part of your child’s educational curriculum. Please contact your child’s school if you wish to inspect such a survey or other instrument.
School Accountability Report Card
(E.C. section 35256)
The School Accountability Report Card can be accessed at the following internet site: www.puesd.net. A hard copy of the School Accountability Report Card is available upon request. This contains information about the district regarding the quality of the district’s programs and its progress toward achieving stated goals.
Student Record Transfers
(E.C. section 49068)
The pupil’s permanent record shall be transferred by the former district or private school upon a request from the district or private school where the pupil intends to enroll.
Student Review Board
If any pupil in the Pioneer Union Elementary School District is a habitual truant, irregular in attendance at school, habitually insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school, the pupil may be referred to a “Student Review Committee” (SRC) and/or Student Attendance Review Board (SARB).
Withholding of grade, diploma or transcripts
If a student does not complete checkout procedures, to include but not limited to, returning all school property, paying fees, and signing appropriate forms Pioneer Union Elementary School District may withhold grades, diploma and transcripts until student has cleared his/her account. (E.C. 48904.3) Board Policy and Administrative Regulations number 6161.2.