CAZENOVIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PARENT/GUARDIAN GUIDE 2022-2023 5 RELEASE OF STUDENT INFORMATION TO MILITARY STUDENT PRIVACY POLICY: RECRUITERS: The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy As part of the No Child Left Behind Act, military recruiters and institutions of higher learning have Act (FERPA) affords parents certain rights regarding district surveys, collection and use of information for access to secondary students’ directory and public relations information. Directory and public marketing purposes, and certain physical exams. relations information means name, address, telephone number, date and participation in activities Parents may exercise their right to excuse their child from participating in any survey created by a third recognized as official student organizations, and other similar information already a matter of party (before it is distributed to students) and questionnaires intended to collect personal information public knowledge in the school community. from students for marketing purposes. A high school student or parent may ask that the district not release such information without prior HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY: written parental consent. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), some districts or schools may be Student records other than directory and public relations information, and any material contained a “covered entity.” If a district or school (or person within that school, i.e. the school nurse) is included in therein that is personally identifiable, are confidential and may not be released or made available the “covered entity” category, then the district must provide notice of its privacy practices with regard to to persons other than parents or students without prior written consent of such parents or student. protected health information. There are exceptions to this rule such as other school employees and officials, and certain state and federal officials who have a legitimate educational need for access to such records in the course of NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY: their employment. Cazenovia Central School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, religion, creed, disability, This directory information is exempt from the provisions of the Privacy Act and may be made public veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, race, or sex regarding its educational or without written consent of parent or student. This includes publication on the District website. employment practices. Inquiries concerning this policy of equal opportunity and questions on grievance However, students 18 and over or the parents or guardians of students of any age can request that procedures should be referred to Christopher DiFulvio, Superintendent of Schools, Cazenovia Central the school not make directory information available. Those requests will be honored. Please send a School District, 31 Emory Ave, Cazenovia, NY 13035, (315) 655-1317. letter to Christopher DiFulvio, Superintendent of Schools for Cazenovia Central School District, 31 IDLING SCHOOL BUSES ON SCHOOL GROUNDS: Emory Ave., Cazenovia, N.Y. 13035. New York codes, rules and regulations require that the engine of a bus or truck powered by diesel fuel BMI REPORTING POLICY: shall not idle for more than five consecutive minutes when the bus or truck is not in motion except when New York requires schools to track each student’s Body Mass Index (BMI) and weight status a bus or truck is forced to maintain motionless because of the traffic conditions over which the operator category as part of school health examinations. Every year, the NYS Department of Health will thereof has no control or when state regulations require the maintenance of a specific temperature for survey some schools for the number of pupils in each of six possible weight status categories. If passenger comfort. Cazenovia is surveyed by the state, the district will share summary group data only, not individual names or information. Parents who wish to exclude their child’s data from such group calculations must contact the child’s school nurse. HOMELESS STUDENTS POLICY: As required by No Child Left Behind, all districts have responsibilities to homeless students in their district. In order to serve these students, each district must appoint a liaison for homeless children that are currently residing within a district. The liaison must first identify these students and, to aid in doing so, post notifications regarding educational services and contact information at places where the parents of homeless students will see it. These locations can include, but are not limited to, homeless shelters, medical clinics, post offices and local social service offices. Mr. Patrick Ruddy, Director of Pupil Personnel Services, is the liaison for Cazenovia Central School District.