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District moves student-directory policy to align with FERPA; staff to plan opt‑out logistics
Summary
General counsel and staff proposed correcting Policy 5.71 to align with FERPA by making directory information an opt‑out (rather than opt‑in) item; board members requested clarity about separating yearbook/photo releases from other directory uses and about reissuing choices at registration.
Duval County School Board staff presented a correction to Policy 5.71 on student directory information to align district practice with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Rick, the district’s general counsel, said the current wording in policy ran counter to FERPA and that the proposed change would restore the usual FERPA approach: directory information is public unless parents opt out.
Rick described directory information examples—photographs, name, address and phone number—and explained the change would make the…
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