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Committee refines student-records policy; counsel recommends website notices and cross-references to FURPA and Education Law 2‑D

Port Washington Union Free School District Policy & Personnel Committee · April 24, 2026
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Summary

The committee revised student-records text to reflect Family Educational Rights (FURPA as discussed) and New York Education Law 2‑D distinctions, agreed to post complaint and breach guidance on the district website, and debated directory information release limits and an optional line about school addresses for homeless families.

The committee reviewed updates to the student-records policy and related exhibits, following a July NISBA update and legal synthesis by counsel.

Miss Harvey, the district’s legal counsel, recommended removing standalone notes and embedding required language. Counsel clarified that Family Educational Rights (referred to in the meeting as FURPA) and New York State Education Law 2‑D impose different…

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