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Board debate over adding ethnicity to student education records highlights privacy concerns and state requirements
Summary
The Okaloosa County School Board debated proposed policy language to add ethnicity to student education records, prompting a board member to object on privacy principles and staff to point to Florida Department of Education guidance and voluntary reporting.
The Okaloosa County School Board discussed a proposed change to district student education records that would add ethnicity to the list of category A information.
Board member Joseph Chambers said he had a "principal issue" with including ethnicity and questioned the need for government to collect such data. "There is no need for any branch of government to know my ethnicity," Chambers said during a lengthy statement, adding that although he supports the Florida…
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