Article 5. Privacy Of Pupil Records of California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 27. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 5.
(a) School districts shall adopt a policy identifying those
categories of directory information as defined in subdivision (c) of
Section 49061 that may be released. The school district shall
determine which individuals, officials, or organizations may receive
directory information. However, no information may be released to a
private profitmaking entity other than employers, prospective
employers, and representatives of the news media, including, but not
limited to, newspapers, magazines, and radio and television stations.
The names and addresses of pupils enrolled in grade 12 or who have
terminated enrollment before graduation may be provided to a private
school or college operating under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section
94800) of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 or its authorized
representative. However, no such private school or college shall use
that information for other than purposes directly related to the
academic or professional goals of the institution, and a violation of
this provision is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not to
exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). In addition, the
privilege of the private school or college to receive the information
shall be suspended for a period of two years from the time of
discovery of the misuse of the information. Any school district may
limit or deny the release of specific categories of directory
information to any public or private nonprofit organization based
upon a determination of the best interests of pupils.
(b) Directory information may be released according to local
policy as to any pupil or former pupil. However, notice shall be
given at least on an annual basis of the categories of information
that the school district plans to release and of the recipients.
Directory information shall not be released regarding a pupil if a
parent of that pupil has notified the school district that the
information shall not be released.
(c) Directory information shall not be released regarding a pupil
identified as a homeless child or youth, as defined in paragraph (2)
of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), unless a parent, or pupil accorded
parental rights, as identified in the federal Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), has provided written
consent that directory information may be released.
(a) A local educational agency may, pursuant to a policy
adopted by its governing board or, in the case of a charter school,
its governing body, enter into a contract with a third party for
either or both of the following purposes:
(1) To provide services, including cloud-based services, for the
digital storage, management, and retrieval of pupil records.
(2) To provide digital educational software that authorizes a
third-party provider of digital educational software to access,
store, and use pupil records in accordance with the contractual
provisions listed in subdivision (b).
(b) A local educational agency that enters into a contract with a
third party for purposes of subdivision (a) shall ensure the contract
contains all of the following:
(1) A statement that pupil records continue to be the property of
and under the control of the local educational agency.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a description of the means by
which pupils may retain possession and control of their own
pupil-generated content, if applicable, including options by which a
pupil may transfer pupil-generated content to a personal account.
(3) A prohibition against the third party using any information in
the pupil record for any purpose other than those required or
specifically permitted by the contract.
(4) A description of the procedures by which a parent, legal
guardian, or eligible pupil may review personally identifiable
information in the pupil's records and correct erroneous information.
(5) A description of the actions the third party will take,
including the designation and training of responsible individuals, to
ensure the security and confidentiality of pupil records. Compliance
with this requirement shall not, in itself, absolve the third party
of liability in the event of an unauthorized disclosure of pupil
records.
(6) A description of the procedures for notifying the affected
parent, legal guardian, or eligible pupil in the event of an
unauthorized disclosure of the pupil's records.
(7) (A) A certification that a pupil's records shall not be
retained or available to the third party upon completion of the terms
of the contract and a description of how that certification will be
enforced.
(B) The requirements provided in subparagraph (A) shall not apply
to pupil-generated content if the pupil chooses to establish or
maintain an account with the third party for the purpose of storing
that content pursuant to paragraph (2).
(8) A description of how the local educational agency and the
third party will jointly ensure compliance with the federal Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g).
(9) A prohibition against the third party using personally
identifiable information in pupil records to engage in targeted
advertising.
(c) In addition to any other penalties, a contract that fails to
comply with the requirements of this section shall be rendered void
if, upon notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure, the
noncompliant party fails to come into compliance and cure any defect.
Written notice of noncompliance may be provided by any party to the
contract. All parties subject to a contract voided under this
subdivision shall return all pupil records in their possession to the
local educational agency.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Deidentified information" means information that cannot be
used to identify an individual pupil.
(2) "Eligible pupil" means a pupil who has reached 18 years of
age.
(3) "Local educational agency" includes school districts, county
offices of education, and charter schools.
(4) "Pupil-generated content" means materials created by a pupil,
including, but not limited to, essays, research reports, portfolios,
creative writing, music or other audio files, photographs, and
account information that enables ongoing ownership of pupil content.
"Pupil-generated content" does not include pupil responses to a
standardized assessment where pupil possession and control would
jeopardize the validity and reliability of that assessment.
(5) (A) "Pupil records" means both of the following:
(i) Any information directly related to a pupil that is maintained
by the local educational agency.
(ii) Any information acquired directly from the pupil through the
use of instructional software or applications assigned to the pupil
by a teacher or other local educational agency employee.
(B) "Pupil records" does not mean any of the following:
(i) Deidentified information, including aggregated deidentified
information, used by the third party to improve educational products,
for adaptive learning purposes, and for customizing pupil learning.
(ii) Deidentified information, including aggregated deidentified
information, used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the operator's
products in the marketing of those products.
(iii) Deidentified information, including aggregated deidentified
information, used for the development and improvement of educational
sites, services, or applications.
(6) "Third party" refers to a provider of digital educational
software or services, including cloud-based services, for the digital
storage, management, and retrieval of pupil records.
(e) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the
terms of a contract in effect before January 1, 2015, the provisions
of this section shall not apply to the local educational agency or
the third party subject to that agreement until the expiration,
amendment, or renewal of the agreement.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability
on a third party for content provided by any other third party.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a school
district, in adopting a policy pursuant to Section 49073 governing
the release of pupil directory information, not purposefully exclude
any military services representative from access to that information.
(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature, in the interest
of pupil confidentiality, that school districts minimize the release
of pupil telephone numbers in the absence of express parental
consent. The Legislature finds and declares that the nondisclosure of
pupil telephone numbers will reduce the possibility of harassment of
pupils and their families by organizations that receive pupil
directory information.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
(1) "Educational purposes" means for purposes that aid in
instruction in the classroom or at home, or in classroom
administration.
(2) (A) "Social media" means an electronic service or account, or
electronic content, including, but not limited to, videos, still
photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant and text messages,
email, online services or accounts, or Internet Web site profiles or
locations.
(B) "Social media" shall not include an electronic service or
account used exclusively for educational purposes or primarily to
facilitate creation of school-sponsored publications, such as a
yearbook or pupil newspaper, under the direction or control of a
school, teacher, or yearbook adviser.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a school
district, county office of education, or charter school that
considers a program to gather or maintain in its records any
information obtained from social media of any enrolled pupil shall
notify pupils and their parents or guardians about the proposed
program and provide an opportunity for public comment at a regularly
scheduled public meeting of the governing board of the school
district or county office of education, or governing body of the
charter school, as applicable, before the adoption of the program.
The notification required by this subdivision may be provided as part
of the notification required pursuant to Section 48980.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 49062, a school district, county
office of education, or charter school that adopts a program pursuant
to subdivision (b) shall do all of the following:
(1) Gather or maintain only information that pertains directly to
school safety or to pupil safety.
(2) Provide a pupil with access to any information about the pupil
gathered or maintained by the school district, county office of
education, or charter school that was obtained from social media, and
an opportunity to correct or delete such information.
(3) (A) Destroy information gathered from social media and
maintained in its records within one year after a pupil turns 18
years of age or within one year after the pupil is no longer enrolled
in the school district, county office of education, or charter
school, whichever occurs first.
(B) Notify each parent or guardian of a pupil subject to the
program that the pupil's information is being gathered from social
media and that any information subject to this section maintained in
the school district's, county office of education's, or charter
school's records with regard to the pupil shall be destroyed in
accordance with subparagraph (A). The notification required by this
subparagraph may be provided as part of the notification required
pursuant to Section 48980. The notification shall include, but is not
limited to, all of the following:
(i) An explanation of the process by which a pupil or a pupil's
parent or guardian may access the pupil's records for examination of
the information gathered or maintained pursuant to this section.
(ii) An explanation of the process by which a pupil or a pupil's
parent or guardian may request the removal of information or make
corrections to information gathered or maintained pursuant to this
section.
(C) If the school district, county office of education, or charter
school contracts with a third party to gather information from
social media on an enrolled pupil, require the contract to do all of
the following:
(i) Prohibit the third party from using the information for
purposes other than to satisfy the terms of the contract.
(ii) Prohibit the third party from selling or sharing the
information with any person or entity other than the school district,
county office of education, charter school, or the pupil or his or
her parent or guardian.
(iii) Require the third party to destroy the information
immediately upon satisfying the terms of the contract.
(iv) Require the third party, upon notice and a reasonable
opportunity to act, to destroy information pertaining to a pupil when
the pupil turns 18 years of age or is no longer enrolled in the
school district, county office of education, or charter school,
whichever occurs first. The school district, county office of
education, or charter school shall provide notice to the third party
when a pupil turns 18 years of age or is no longer enrolled in the
school district, county office of education, or charter school.
Notice provided pursuant to this clause shall not be used for any
other purpose.
Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a school district
from providing, in its discretion, statistical data from which no
pupil may be identified to any public agency or entity or private
nonprofit college, university, or educational research and
development organization when such actions would be in the best
educational interests of pupils.
(a) A school district may permit access to pupil records to
any person for whom a parent of the pupil has executed written
consent specifying the records to be released and identifying the
party or class of parties to whom the records may be released. The
recipient must be notified that the transmission of the information
to others without the written consent of the parent is prohibited.
The consent notice shall be permanently kept with the record file.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), school lunch applications and
information shared pursuant to Section 49557.2 shall be retained by
any school district in the manner most useful to the administration
of the school lunch program.
(a) A school district shall not permit access to pupil
records to a person without written parental consent or under
judicial order except as set forth in this section and as permitted
by Part 99 (commencing with Section 99.1) of Title 34 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
(1) Access to those particular records relevant to the legitimate
educational interests of the requester shall be permitted to the
following:
(A) School officials and employees of the school district, members
of a school attendance review board appointed pursuant to Section
48321 who are authorized representatives of the school district, and
any volunteer aide, 18 years of age or older, who has been
investigated, selected, and trained by a school attendance review
board for the purpose of providing followup services to pupils
referred to the school attendance review board, provided that the
person has a legitimate educational interest to inspect a record.
(B) Officials and employees of other public schools or school
systems, including local, county, or state correctional facilities
where educational programs leading to high school graduation are
provided or where the pupil intends to or is directed to enroll,
subject to the rights of parents as provided in Section 49068.
(C) Authorized representatives of the Comptroller General of the
United States, the Secretary of Education, and state and local
educational authorities, or the United States Department of Education'
s Office for Civil Rights, if the information is necessary to audit
or evaluate a state or federally supported educational program, or in
connection with the enforcement of, or compliance with, the federal
legal requirements that relate to such a program. Records released
pursuant to this subparagraph shall comply with the requirements of
Section 99.35 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(D) Other state and local officials to the extent that information
is specifically required to be reported pursuant to state law
adopted before November 19, 1974.
(E) Parents of a pupil 18 years of age or older who is a dependent
as defined in Section 152 of Title 26 of the United States Code.
(F) A pupil 16 years of age or older or having completed the 10th
grade.
(G) A district attorney who is participating in or conducting a
truancy mediation program pursuant to Section 48263.5, or Section
601.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or participating in the
presentation of evidence in a truancy petition pursuant to Section
681 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(H) A district attorney's office for consideration against a
parent or guardian for failure to comply with the Compulsory
Education Law (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 48200)) or with
Compulsory Continuation Education (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
48400)).
(I) (i) A probation officer, district attorney, or counsel of
record for a minor for purposes of conducting a criminal
investigation or an investigation in regards to declaring a person a
ward of the court or involving a violation of a condition of
probation.
(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, a probation officer,
district attorney, and counsel of record for a minor shall be deemed
to be local officials for purposes of Section 99.31(a)(5)(i) of Title
34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(iii) Pupil records obtained pursuant to this subparagraph shall
be subject to the evidentiary rules described in Section 701 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code.
(J) A judge or probation officer for the purpose of conducting a
truancy mediation program for a pupil, or for purposes of presenting
evidence in a truancy petition pursuant to Section 681 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code. The judge or probation officer shall certify
in writing to the school district that the information will be used
only for truancy purposes. A school district releasing pupil
information to a judge or probation officer pursuant to this
subparagraph shall inform, or provide written notification to, the
parent or guardian of the pupil within 24 hours of the release of the
information.
(K) A county placing agency when acting as an authorized
representative of a state or local educational agency pursuant to
subparagraph (C). School districts, county offices of education, and
county placing agencies may develop cooperative agreements to
facilitate confidential access to and exchange of the pupil
information by email, facsimile, electronic format, or other secure
means, if the agreement complies with the requirements set forth in
Section 99.35 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(L) A pupil 14 years of age or older who meets both of the
following criteria:
(i) The pupil is a homeless child or youth, as defined in
paragraph (2) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)).
(ii) The pupil is an unaccompanied youth, as defined in paragraph
(6) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(6)).
(M) An individual who completes items 1 to 4, inclusive, of the
Caregiver's Authorization Affidavit, as provided in Section 6552 of
the Family Code, and signs the affidavit for the purpose of enrolling
a minor in school.
(N) (i) An agency caseworker or other representative of a state or
local child welfare agency, or tribal organization, as defined in
Section 450b of Title 25 of the United States Code, that has legal
responsibility, in accordance with state or tribal law, for the care
and protection of the pupil.
(ii) The agency or organization specified in clause (i) may
disclose pupil records, or the personally identifiable information
contained in those records, to an individual or entity engaged in
addressing the pupil's educational needs, if the individual or entity
is authorized by the agency or organization to receive the
disclosure and the information requested is directly related to the
assistance provided by that individual or entity. The records, or the
personally identifiable information contained in those records,
shall not otherwise be disclosed by that agency or organization,
except as provided under the federal Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), state law, including paragraph
(3), and tribal law.
(2) School districts may release information from pupil records to
the following:
(A) Appropriate persons in connection with an emergency if the
knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health or
safety of a pupil or other persons. Schools or school districts
releasing information pursuant to this subparagraph shall comply with
the requirements set forth in Section 99.32(a)(5) of Title 34 of the
Code of Federal Regulations.
(B) Agencies or organizations in connection with the application
of a pupil for, or receipt of, financial aid. However, information
permitting the personal identification of a pupil or his or her
parents may be disclosed only as may be necessary for purposes as to
determine the eligibility of the pupil for financial aid, to
determine the amount of the financial aid, to determine the
conditions that will be imposed regarding the financial aid, or to
enforce the terms or conditions of the financial aid.
(C) Pursuant to Section 99.37 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, a county elections official, for the purpose of
identifying pupils eligible to register to vote, or for conducting
programs to offer pupils an opportunity to register to vote. The
information shall not be used for any other purpose or given or
transferred to any other person or agency.
(D) Accrediting associations in order to carry out their
accrediting functions.
(E) Organizations conducting studies for, or on behalf of,
educational agencies or institutions for purposes of developing,
validating, or administering predictive tests, administering student
aid programs, and improving instruction, if the studies are conducted
in a manner that will not permit the personal identification of
pupils or their parents by persons other than representatives of the
organizations, the information will be destroyed when no longer
needed for the purpose for which it is obtained, and the organization
enters into a written agreement with the educational agency or
institution that complies with Section 99.31(a)(6) of Title 34 of the
Code of Federal Regulations.
(F) Officials and employees of private schools or school systems
where the pupil is enrolled or intends to enroll, subject to the
rights of parents as provided in Section 49068 and in compliance with
the requirements in Section 99.34 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This information shall be in addition to the pupil's
permanent record transferred pursuant to Section 49068.
(G) (i) A contractor or consultant with a legitimate educational
interest who has a formal written agreement or contract with the
school district regarding the provision of outsourced institutional
services or functions by the contractor or consultant.
(ii) Notwithstanding the authorization in Section 99.31(a)(1)(i)
(B) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a disclosure
pursuant to this subparagraph shall not be permitted to a volunteer
or other party.
(3) A person, persons, agency, or organization permitted access to
pupil records pursuant to this section shall not permit access to
any information obtained from those records by another person,
persons, agency, or organization, except for allowable exceptions
contained within the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) and state law, including this section, and
implementing regulations, without the written consent of the pupil's
parent. This paragraph shall not require prior parental consent when
information obtained pursuant to this section is shared with other
persons within the educational institution, agency, or organization
obtaining access, so long as those persons have a legitimate
educational interest in the information pursuant to Section 99.31(a)
(1) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district, including a
county office of education or county superintendent of schools, may
participate in an interagency data information system that permits
access to a computerized database system within and between
governmental agencies or school districts as to information or
records that are nonprivileged, and where release is authorized as to
the requesting agency under state or federal law or regulation, if
each of the following requirements is met:
(A) Each agency and school district shall develop security
procedures or devices by which unauthorized personnel cannot access
data contained in the system.
(B) Each agency and school district shall develop procedures or
devices to secure privileged or confidential data from unauthorized
disclosure.
(C) Each school district shall comply with the access log
requirements of Section 49064.
(D) The right of access granted shall not include the right to
add, delete, or alter data without the written permission of the
agency holding the data.
(E) An agency or school district shall not make public or
otherwise release information on an individual contained in the
database if the information is protected from disclosure or release
as to the requesting agency by state or federal law or regulation.
(b) The officials and authorities to whom pupil records are
disclosed pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 48902 and
subparagraph (I) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall certify in
writing to the disclosing school district that the information shall
not be disclosed to another party, except as provided under the
federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec.
1232g) and state law, without the prior written consent of the parent
of the pupil or the person identified as the holder of the pupil's
educational rights.
(c) (1) A person or party who is not permitted access to pupil
records pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may request access to
pupil records as provided for in paragraph (2).
(2) A local educational agency or other person or party who has
received pupil records, or information from pupil records, may
release the records or information to a person or party identified in
paragraph (1) without the consent of the pupil's parent or guardian
pursuant to Section 99.31(b) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, if the records or information are deidentified, which
requires the removal of all personally identifiable information, if
the disclosing local educational agency or other person or party has
made a reasonable determination that a pupil's identity is not
personally identifiable, whether through single or multiple releases,
and has taken into account other pertinent reasonably available
information.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 49076, each school district
shall release the information it has specific to a particular pupil's
identity and location that relates to the transfer of that pupil's
records to another school district within this state or any other
state or to a private school in this state to a designated peace
officer, upon his or her request, when a proper police purpose exists
for the use of that information. As permitted by Part 99 (commencing
with Section 99.1) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
the designated peace officer or law enforcement agency shall show the
school district that the peace officer or law enforcement agency has
obtained prior written consent from one parent, or provide
information indicating that there is an emergency in which the
information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the pupil
or other individuals, or that the peace officer or law enforcement
agency has obtained a lawfully issued subpoena or a court order.
(b) In order to protect the privacy interests of the pupil, a
request to a school district for pupil record information pursuant to
this section shall meet the following requirements:
(1) For purposes of this section, "proper police purpose" means
that probable cause exists that the pupil has been kidnapped and that
his or her abductor may have enrolled the pupil in a school and that
the agency has begun an active investigation.
(2) Only designated peace officers and federal criminal
investigators and federal law enforcement officers, as defined in
Section 830.1 of the Penal Code, whose names have been submitted to
the school district in writing by a law enforcement agency, may
request and receive the information specified in subdivision (a).
Each law enforcement agency shall ensure that each school district
has at all times a current list of the names of designated peace
officers authorized to request pupil record information.
(3) This section does not authorize designated peace officers to
obtain any pupil record information other than that authorized by
this section.
(4) The law enforcement agency requesting the information shall
ensure that at no time shall information obtained pursuant to this
section be disclosed or used for a purpose other than to assist in
the investigation of suspected criminal conduct or kidnapping. A
violation of this paragraph shall be punishable as a misdemeanor.
(5) The designated peace officer requesting information authorized
for release by this section shall make a record on a form created
and maintained by the law enforcement agency that shall include the
name of the pupil about whom the inquiry was made, the consent of a
parent having legal custody of the pupil or a legal guardian, the
name of the officer making the inquiry, the date of the inquiry, the
name of the school district, the school district employee to whom the
request was made, and the information that was requested.
(6) Whenever the designated peace officer requesting information
authorized for release by this section does so in person, by
telephone, or by some means other than in writing, the officer shall
provide the school district with a letter confirming the request for
pupil record information before any release of information.
(7) A school district, or officer or employee of the school
district, shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for the
release of pupil record information in good faith as authorized by
this section.
Information concerning a student shall be furnished in
compliance with a court order or a lawfully issued subpoena. The
school district shall make a reasonable effort to notify the parent
or legal guardian and the pupil in advance of compliance with a
lawfully issued subpoena and, in the case of compliance with a court
order, if lawfully possible within the requirements of the order.
The service of a lawfully issued subpoena or a court order
upon a public school employee solely for the purpose of causing him
or her to produce a school record pertaining to any pupil may be
complied with by that employee, in lieu of the personal appearance as
a witness in the proceeding, by submitting to the court, or other
agency, or person designated in the subpoena, at the time and place
required by the subpoena or court order, a copy of that record,
accompanied by an affidavit certifying that the copy is a true copy
of the original record on file in the school or school office. The
copy of the record shall be in the form of a photostat, microfilm,
microcard, or miniature photograph or other photographic copy or
reproduction, or an enlargement thereof.
(a) A school district shall inform the teacher of each pupil
who has engaged in, or is reasonably suspected to have engaged in,
any of the acts described in any of the subdivisions, except
subdivision (h), of Section 48900 or in Section 48900.2, 48900.3,
48900.4, or 48900.7 that the pupil engaged in, or is reasonably
suspected to have engaged in, those acts. The district shall provide
the information to the teacher based upon any records that the
district maintains in its ordinary course of business, or receives
from a law enforcement agency, regarding a pupil described in this
section.
(b) A school district, or school district officer or employee, is
not civilly or criminally liable for providing information under this
section unless it is proven that the information was false and that
the district or district officer or employee knew or should have
known that the information was false, or the information was provided
with a reckless disregard for its truth or falsity.
(c) An officer or employee of a school district who knowingly
fails to provide information about a pupil who has engaged in, or who
is reasonably suspected to have engaged in, the acts referred to in
subdivision (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor, which is punishable by
confinement in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months,
or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(d) For the 1994-95 school year, the information provided shall be
from the previous two school years. For the 1996-97 school year and
each school year thereafter, the information provided shall be from
the previous three school years.
(e) Any information received by a teacher pursuant to this section
shall be received in confidence for the limited purpose for which it
was provided and shall not be further disseminated by the teacher.
The Legislature recognizes that a longitudinal pupil data
system provides direct and tangible benefits to pupils, educators,
policymakers, and the public. The Legislature intends to make
statewide longitudinal education data accessible to, and used to
inform and engage, authorized stakeholders in an effort to support
the continuous improvement of instruction, operations, management,
and resource allocation, and in a manner that complies with all
federal and state privacy laws. The Legislature intends to make
statewide longitudinal education data available and accessible to
researchers so they may evaluate the effectiveness of instructional
materials, strategies, and approaches for educating different types
of pupils in a manner that complies with federal and state privacy
laws, including, but not limited to, the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) (FERPA). It is the
intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to accomplish
all of the following:
(a) Comply with the United States Constitution and all applicable
federal laws, including FERPA and its implementing regulations (34
C.F.R. 99).
(b) Comply with the California Constitution and all applicable
state laws and their implementing regulations, including, but not
limited to, Section 1798.24 of the Civil Code.
(c) Further an environment in which the department and the
California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) serve
as resources for local educational agencies.
(d) Promote a culture of continuous improvement through
collaboration and informed decisionmaking at the classroom, school,
district, state, and policymaker level.
(e) Minimize the anticipated workload increase on the department
that may be generated by an increased number of data requests as
CALPADS becomes operational, by establishing clear guidance on data
access and an efficient process for responding to requests for
access.
(f) Pursuant to FERPA and as defined in Section 1798.24 of the
Civil Code, make pupil data available to qualified researchers from
nonprofit organizations while appropriately protecting the privacy of
individual pupils.
(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of
Section 49079.6, the department shall impose reasonable fees or
charges upon researchers applying for access to individually
identifiable data, in order to cover costs of responding to
time-intensive request.
(b) Fees or charges imposed upon an applicant pursuant to this
section shall equal the actual costs incurred by the department in
responding to the applicant's request.
(c) Fees or charges shall not be imposed pursuant to this section
upon any state agency, except for fees or charges related to the
release of data for research purposes to the University of
California, the California State University, or the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges.