Notification of Rights
	PPRA

Geary County Schools

Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)

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):

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

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

• Any other protected information survey, regardless of funding;
• Any non-emergency, invasive physical exam or screening required as a condition of attendance, administered by the school or its agent, and not necessary to protect the immediate health and safety of a student, except for hearing, vision, or scoliosis screenings, or any physical exam or screening permitted or required under State law; and
• Activities involving collection, disclosure, or use of personal information obtained from students for marketing or to sell or otherwise distribute the information to others.

Inspect, upon request and before administration or use:

• Protected information surveys of students;
• Instruments used to collect personal information from students for any of the above marketing, sales, or other distribution purposes; and
• Instructional material used as part of the educational curriculum.

Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-4605

As a parent of a student attending a school that receives federal funds under the "No Child Left Behind" Act, you have the right to know the professional qualifications of each of your child’s teachers. You have the right to ask for the following information about each of your child’s teachers:

• Whether the teacher is certified by the state of Kansas to teach the grades and subjects he or she teaches.
• Whether the teacher is teaching under an emergency or provisional certificate.
• The teacher’s college major.
• Whether the teacher has any advanced degrees and, if so, the subject of those degrees.
• Whether aides or paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if so, qualifications of the aide or paraprofessional.

If you would like to receive any or all of this information, please contact the building principal at your child’s school.

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