Parental consent shall be sufficient for pupils attending the elementary and middle schools.

Individual written consent must be obtained prior to the implementation of any program of personality testing and assessment or the collection of any information concerning a pupil's family (for example, ethnic origin, religious beliefs, income and occupational data, husband-wife relations, etc.), or before any information not directly relevant for educational purposes is solicited from the pupil or his parents.

Representational consent is sufficient for the collection of Class 'A' data.

In the case of Class A data, such consent may be given either individually or through the parents legally elected or appointed representatives. No information should be collected from students without the prior informed consent of the child and his parents for Class B or C data.

Only records mandated by the Commonwealth or federal government or specifically permitted by this Board may be compiled by the staff.

The Board of School Directors has primary responsibility in this district for the compilation, maintenance, access to and security of pupil records. The primary purpose of pupil record keeping shall be the educational welfare and advancement of the pupil. It is no less the interest of society to protect the right of each of its members against an unwarranted invasion of privacy. The welfare and progress of pupils is inextricably related to the maintenance of a thorough and efficient system of public schools the latter cannot be achieved nor assessed in the absence of appropriate information about the former.

The educational interests of the pupil and of society require the collection, retention, and use of information about individual pupils and groups of pupils.

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