How does the District inform parents of the privacy option of the No Child Left Behind Act?
RISD provides a Student/Parent Guidebook & Student Code of Conduct to every student at the beginning of each year. Inside the back cover of the Guidebook, the Notice of Parent and Student Rights under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), is explained along with the NCLB rule. Information about student records and FERPA is also included on pages 21 and 22 of the 2003-04 Guidebook. Each year, parents may elect to keep their child’s directory information private by selecting the appropriate box on the child’s enrollment card that is completed before initial school enrollment and each spring during enrollment. Parents may also submit an election in writing to the school principal and RISD’s Records Management Office at the Administration Building. Students 18 years or older may make the request in writing themselves. The same information can be found on the District Web site at http://www.risd.org/Parents/codeofconduct.htm.
