E 5125.1aNotice of Student Directory Information

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has adopted a policy designed to provide parents and students the full protection of their rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, also known as FERPA. A copy of the school district’s policy is available online at E 5125 (b).

FERPA, with certain exceptions, requires your written consent prior to disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records. However, the District may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have advised the District to the contrary in accordance with District procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow the District to include this type of information from your child’s education records in certain school publications. Examples include:

• A playbill, showing your student’s role in a drama production;
• The annual yearbook;
• Honor roll or other recognition lists;
• Graduation programs; and
• Sports activity sheets such as for wrestling, showing weight and height of team members.

Directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without parent’s prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks. In addition, two federal laws require local school districts receiving federal education funding to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories – names, addresses and telephone listings – unless parents have advised the school district that they do not want their student’s information disclosed without their written consent.1

The District may also disclose to the State of Alaska or the University of Alaska your student’s eligibility for scholarship programs.

The KPBSD has designated the following information as directory information: student’s name, address, telephone listing, email address, photograph, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of athletic team members, dates of attendance, grade level, enrollment status, degrees, honors and awards received, scholarship eligibility, and most recent previous educational agency or institution attended, student ID number, user ID, or other unique personal identifier used to communicate in electronic systems that cannot be used to access education records without a PIN, password, etc. (A student’s social security number, in  whole or in part, cannot be used for this purpose.)

You have the right to refuse the release of student directory information. If you object to disclosure of some or all of this information, please complete and return the E 5125.1(b) Directory Information Parent Opt-Out Form.

If you have no objection to the use of student information, you do not need to take any action.