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This intensive six-hour professional development seminar provides school administrators and student services personnel with a comprehensive exploration of the legal frameworks governing student information in California. Participants will dive deep into the California Education Code, Title 5 Regulations, and federal FERPA requirements to ensure their districts remain compliant and protect student privacy rights.
The workshop is designed to be a "law-intensive" experience, moving beyond surface-level theory to provide practical, actionable guidance on complex scenarios encountered in daily school operations. Through a combination of direct instruction, interactive polls, and breakout group scenarios, attendees will master the nuances of record classification and the intricacies of family law as it intersects with the school environment.
Definitions and Classifications: Understanding the legal distinctions between mandatory permanent, mandatory interim, and permitted pupil records.
Maintenance and Destruction: Reviewing state policies on how items are placed into records and the legal requirements for their eventual disposal.
Rights of Access: Mastery of granting record access and identifying who may access records without parental consent or judicial order.
Confidentiality Exceptions: Specialized focus on counselor-client privilege and the specific legal exceptions for information of a personal nature.
Custody Dynamics: Defining legal vs. physical custody and the rights of natural parents, adopted parents, and legal guardians in the educational setting.
Residency Challenges: Addressing complex residency questions including foster care, guardianship, and the rights of unaccompanied homeless youth.
Removing Pupils from Campus: Legal protocols for when and how students can be released to various parties.
Name and Gender Changes: Reviewing the specific procedures for updating student records to reflect legal name and gender changes.
This intensive six-hour professional development seminar provides school administrators and student services personnel with a comprehensive exploration of the legal frameworks governing student information in California. Participants will dive deep into the California Education Code, Title 5 Regulations, and federal FERPA requirements to ensure their districts remain compliant and protect student privacy rights.
The workshop is designed to be a "law-intensive" experience, moving beyond surface-level theory to provide practical, actionable guidance on complex scenarios encountered in daily school operations. Through a combination of direct instruction, interactive polls, and breakout group scenarios, attendees will master the nuances of record classification and the intricacies of family law as it intersects with the school environment.
Definitions and Classifications: Understanding the legal distinctions between mandatory permanent, mandatory interim, and permitted pupil records.
Maintenance and Destruction: Reviewing state policies on how items are placed into records and the legal requirements for their eventual disposal.
Rights of Access: Mastery of granting record access and identifying who may access records without parental consent or judicial order.
Confidentiality Exceptions: Specialized focus on counselor-client privilege and the specific legal exceptions for information of a personal nature.
Custody Dynamics: Defining legal vs. physical custody and the rights of natural parents, adopted parents, and legal guardians in the educational setting.
Residency Challenges: Addressing complex residency questions including foster care, guardianship, and the rights of unaccompanied homeless youth.
Removing Pupils from Campus: Legal protocols for when and how students can be released to various parties.
Name and Gender Changes: Reviewing the specific procedures for updating student records to reflect legal name and gender changes.