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Quincy schools outline student‑privacy procedures after national immigration concerns; principals told to refer third‑party requests to central office
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Dr. Aaron Perkins reviewed federal and state student privacy laws and described district procedures to handle outside requests for student access or records, emphasizing that schools do not collect immigration status and that principals should refer inquiries to the superintendent and legal counsel.
Assistant Superintendent Dr. Aaron Perkins told the Quincy School Committee on Feb. 12 that Quincy Public Schools has longstanding procedures to protect student records and to limit third‑party access, and he reviewed the laws that govern those protections.
Perkins summarized three legal pillars the district follows: Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 76, §5, which guarantees the right to attend public school in the town of residence and prohibits discrimination on the basis of immigration status; the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and the Commonwealth’s student‑records regulations (referenced in the meeting as 603 CMR 4.23). He said the district trains staff annually on those…
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