Directory Information

NOTICE FOR DIRECTORY INFORMATION 

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District No. 701 (District 701), with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child's education records. However, District 701 may disclose appropriately designated "directory information" without written consent, unless you have advised District 701 to the contrary in accordance with district procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow District 701 to include this type of information from your child's education records in certain school publications. Examples include:

  •  A playbill, showing your student's role in a drama production;

  •  Honor roll or other recognition lists;
  • The annual yearbook;
  •  Graduation programs; and

  •  Sports activity sheets, such as for wrestling, showing weight and height of team members. 

Directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parent's prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks. In addition, two federal laws require local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories—names, addresses and telephone listings—unless parents have advised the LEA that they do not want their student's information disclosed without their prior written consent.(1) 

 If you do not want Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District No. 701 to disclose directory information from your child's education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the District in writing annually by September 1st. District 701 has designated the following information as directory information:

  • Student's name

  • Address

  • Telephone listing

  • Electronic mail address

  • Photograph

  • Date and place of birth

  • Major field of study

  • Date of attendance

  • Grade level

  • Participation in officially recognized activities and sports

  • Weight and height of memebers of athletic teams

  • Degrees, honors, and awards received

  • The most recent educational agency or institution attended

  • Student ID number, user ID, or other unique personal identifier used to communicate in electronic systems that cannot be used to access education records without a PIN, password, etc. (A student's SSN, in whole or in part, cannot be used for this purpose.)

Footnotes:

 1.These laws are: Section 9528 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 7908), as amended, and 10 U.S.C. § 503(c), as amended.

 

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