Dear River Valley School District Parent:
Your child wants to be a member of K12Planet.com. Because membership comes
with features that require us to collect personal information from your child, we are contacting you to get your consent. Please read our complete privacy policy (Policy#743-Exhibit 1 – Privacy Statement for K12planet.com) and if it is acceptable to you, please give your consent by signing this form and return it to the school office.
Section 1
COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act)
Description: Websites must obtain Verifiable Parental Consent before collecting information from children or permitting them to disclose personal information of children under 13 years.
I am the parent/legal guardian of ___________________________________.
I have read the k12planet.com privacy policy and consent to allow my child to become a member of k12planet.com.
Parent signature ___________________________________.
I have read the k12planet.com privacy policy and consent to allow my child to disclose their email address to be used only by teachers, school administrators and the system administrator at the school for communication purposes.
Parent signature ___________________________________.
FERPA (The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
Description: Your schools must comply with FERPA. FERPA is federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the US Dept. or Education.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children’s education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are “eligible students”
1. Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student’s education records maintained by the school.
2. Parents or eligible students have the right to request that a school correct records which they believe to be inaccurate or misleading.
3. Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student’s education record.
Schools may disclose, without consent, “directory” information such as a student’s name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory information and allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount of time to request that the school not disclose directory information about them. Schools must notify parents and eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA.
APPROVED: March 8, 2001
12/21/2004 pw