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Board hears mixed views on Pennsylvania Youth Survey; administrators plan to seek approval June 24
Summary
Elizabethtown board discussed the biennial Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PAES/PACE). Administrators said the anonymous survey informs local programming and federal funding uses; some public commenters raised privacy and FERPA concerns and urged the board to opt out.
District staff reviewed the Pennsylvania Youth Survey (also called the PACE or PAES survey) at the June 10 workshop, saying the anonymous, self‑reported questionnaire is administered to grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 and typically runs between September and December.
Mike Schwarzman (district staff) explained the survey is run by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to collect data about student behaviors and risk factors, including substance use, violence and mental‑health indicators; results help…
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