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Board approves Teach For America partnership and data‑sharing agreement; superintendent says FERPA protections apply
Summary
Estill County approved a Teach For America services agreement to bring roughly 13 teachers for summer/academy programs and a separate data‑sharing agreement; Superintendent Brock said any shared student data will remain subject to FERPA safeguards.
The Estill County Board of Education approved two separate Teach For America agreements on May 21: a professional services agreement to host about 13 teachers for summer school and academy programs and a companion data‑sharing agreement to support that partnership.
Superintendent Brock (speaker 4) told the board Teach For America will provide teaching staff as part of its training program and that the district's role is to provide meeting rooms and program space. "They're gonna send us 13 teachers for summer school and for our academies free of charge," Brock said in the meeting.
When the data‑sharing agreement was discussed, Brock repeatedly emphasized that any student information shared with Teach For America "will completely, still fall under FERPA and it will not be shared with anybody that should not be shared." The transcript does not list the specific data elements to be exchanged or the technical safeguards; Brock said the agreement is intended to comply with federal student‑privacy rules.
The board approved the professional services agreement and the data‑sharing agreement in separate motions (both carried by unanimous votes). The district stated it will continue to follow FERPA requirements; district staff and the board will finalize implementation details, including exactly which records will be shared and how consent or data access will be documented prior to program start.
Next steps include finalizing program schedules and documenting the specific data elements and safeguards; the administration said it will report back to the board with implementation details.
