Approved: July 12, 2004
Revised: January 11, 2017
STUDENT SURVEYS
The Evansville Community School District respects the privacy rights of parents and their children. No student shall be required to participate in any survey associated with a school program or the District’s curriculum, or which is administered by a third party in the schools, if the survey includes one or more of the following items:
- Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent.
- Mental and psychological status of the students or the student’s family.
- Sexual activity.
- Self-incriminating behavior.
- Critical appraisals of others with whom students have close family relationships.
- Legally recognized privileged or similar relationships.
- Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or student’s parents.
- Income, other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such a program.
The building principals shall notify parents/guardians at the beginning of each school year of the specific or approximate dates during the school year when such known survey activities are scheduled involving their children, or at least 30 days prior to administering such a survey if it is unknown at the beginning of the school year. Parents/guardians shall be given opportunity to request that their child not participate in a survey or any surveys containing the above information.
If a survey containing any of the above information is funded in whole or in part by a program administered by the U.S. Department of Education, written consent must be obtained from the student or, in the case of a minor student, the student’s parent/guardian before the student participates in the survey.
Parents/guardians may, upon request, inspect a survey containing any of the above information and any survey created by a third party before the survey is administered or distributed to a student. They may also request to inspect any instructional material used in connection with the survey. Requests to inspect a survey or instructional material should be made prior to the date in which the survey is scheduled to be administered to students. The principal or designee shall respond to such requests without delay.
Legal Ref.: Section 118.125 Wisconsin Statutes (Pupil Records)
Local Ref.: Policy #333 – Student Privacy
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