On this page you can access copies of any non-academic tests, surveys and questionnaires that our district implements.
Non-Academic Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires: Geary County Schools USD 475 is currently not conducting any student surveys, questionnaires or non-academic tests that violate K.S.A. 72-61316. Parents will be provided with the necessary parent permission form if decisions are made to conduct surveys identified in this statue.
K.S.A. 72-61316
K.S.A. 72-6316 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72- 6316. (a) No test, questionnaire, survey or examination containing any questions about the student's personal and private attitudes, values, beliefs or practices on issues such as sex, family life, morality or religion, or any questions about the student's parents' or guardians' beliefs and practices on issues such as sex, family life, morality or religion, of the student or the student's parents, guardians, family members, associates, friends or peers shall be administered to any student enrolled in kindergarten or grades one through 12, unless the parent or guardian of the student: (1) Is notified in writing not more than four months in advance of the administration of such test, questionnaire, survey or examination that this such test, questionnaire, survey or examination is to be administered and the parent or guardian of the student.
Such notification shall include: (A) A copy of the test, questionnaire, survey or examination that is to be administered; (B) information on how the parent or guardian may provide written consent to authorize the student to take such test, questionnaire, survey or examination; (C) the name of the company or entity that produces or provides the test, questionnaire, survey or examination to the school; (D) an explanation of the purpose of the data collection, how the collected data is intended to be used and whether the data will remain private or reported as aggregate data; (E) an explanation of how such test, questionnaire, survey or examination benefits student learning and academic achievement; and (F) whether the school will receive or maintain the resulting data and an explanation of how the school intends to use and maintain su) gives written permission for consent through a written or electronic signature to authorize the student to take this the test, questionnaire, survey or examination.
This section shall not prohibit school counselors from providing counseling services to a student, including the administration of tests and forms which are part of a counselor's student counseling services. Any information obtained through such tests or counseling services shall not be stored on any personal mobile electronic device which is not owned by the school district, including but not limited to, laptops, tablets, phones, flash drives, external hard drives or virtual servers. Such written consent may only be accepted after a parent or guardian has received the notification required pursuant to paragraph (1) and had an opportunity to review the information contained in such notification.
Written consent shall be provided separately for each individual test, questionnaire, survey or examination that is to be administered. (b) Notwithstanding a parent or guardian's written consent for a student to take any such test, questionnaire, survey or examination, a student shall have the right to refuse to take such test, questionnaire, survey or examination at any time without limitation.
Prior to the administration of any such test, questionnaire, survey or examination, each student shall be informed that such student has the right to refuse to take such test, questionnaire, survey or examination and that the student will not suffer any adverse consequences based on such refusal. (c) Prior to the administration of any such test, questionnaire, survey or examination, a school district shall post and maintain a copy of each test, questionnaire, survey or examination on the school district website until such time that the test, questionnaire, survey or examination is: (1) No longer administered by the school district; or (2) administered again at a later date or in a subsequent school year and at which time, the school district shall update the website to provide the current version that is to be administered by the school. (d) No such test, questionnaire, survey or examination shall be incorporated or embedded in any academic program, course or curriculum offered or provided by a school district. (e) No personally identifiable student data shall be collected through any such test, questionnaire, survey or examination.
