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ERIC Number: ED616305
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Local Education Agency Website Student Privacy Transparency Reviews -- Combined Three-Year Report Summary. SPPO-21-05
Privacy Technical Assistance Center
The Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) at the U.S. Department of Education is performing a four-year review of a sample of the websites of 1,504 local education agencies (LEAs) to identify whether and how these websites include information about student privacy. In each year of the study, SPPO is reviewing a nationally representative sample of 376 LEA websites, focusing on whether the LEAs include key student privacy documents and information about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) on the LEA website, as opposed to on individual school, board of education, or other websites. This report includes the first three years of research findings. Although 55 percent of LEAs reviewed have the FERPA Annual Notice posted on the website, only 10 percent of LEA websites have navigation menus that include a section indicating where to find data practices and student privacy information. Moreover, 94 percent of LEA websites do not include contact information for a staff member dedicated to data sharing and student privacy.
Privacy Technical Assistance Center. Tel: 855-249-3072; e-mail: PrivacyTA@ed.gov; Web site: https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) (ED)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 1974
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A