Routine Directory Information

 

Routine Directory Information

The school district shall disclose the following as routine directory information pertaining to any past, present or future student who is, has been, or will be regularly enrolled in the district.

  • Name and grade

  • Name of parent and/or guardian

  • Address

  • Telephone number, including the student's cell phone number

  • Email address

  • Date and place of birth

  • Dates of attendance

  • The image or likeness of students in pictures, videotape, film or other medium

  • Major field of study

  • Participation in activities and sports

  • Degrees and awards received

  • Social media usernames or handles

  • Weight and height of members of athletic teams

  • Most previous school attended

  • Certain classwork which may be published onto the Internet

  • Classroom assignment and/or home room teacher

  • Student ID number, user ID, or other unique personal identifier used by the student for purposes of accessing or communicating in electronic systems, but only if the identifier cannot be used to gain access to education records except when used in conjunction with one or more factors that authenticate the user’s identity, such as a personal identification number (PIN), password, or other factor known or possessed only the authorized user.  

Directory information does not include a student's social security number.

Upon request, the district will provide military recruiters and institutions of higher education with the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of high school students unless a student’s parents have notified the district in writing that they do not want this information disclosed without their prior written consent.  Military recruiters will be granted the same access to a student in a high school grade as is provided to postsecondary educational institutions or to prospective employers of such students.

Within 30 days prior to or following the commencement of each school year and, for a new student who enrolls after the commencement of a school year, within 30 days following such enrollment, the district will notify parents and guardians each year of their rights under this policy and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.  Parents will be given an opportunity to prevent the release of this directory information by filing a written objection with the district.

IF YOU DO NOT WANT DAKOTA VALLEY TO DISCLOSE YOUR CHILD'S DIRECTORY INFORMATION, YOU MUST NOTIFY THE DISTRICT IN WRITING BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2023.

When a student reaches 18 years of age, the permission or consent required of and the rights accorded to the parents or guardians of such student under this policy shall only be required of and accorded to such student.  Within 30 days prior to or following the commencement of each school year and, for a new student who enrolls after the commencement of a school year, within 30 days following such enrollment, each school district shall notify each student who is at least 18 years of age or who will reach 18 years of age during such school year of (1) the option to make a written request to the school district that routine directory information for such student not be released in response to a request made by a military recruiter without such student’s written consent and (2) that any such request made previously by a parent or guardian for such student expires upon the student reaching 18 years of age.