Student Privacy and Parental Rights (PPRA) in Walton County Schools

• •Parents and eligible students (18+) have the right to consent before students take surveys funded by the U.S. Department of Education regarding sensitive topics like political beliefs, mental health, or religious practices.
• •Parents have the right to opt their children out of any protected information survey, regardless of funding source.
• •Parents have the right to opt their children out of non-emergency, invasive physical exams required for school attendance (excluding vision, hearing, or scoliosis screenings).
• •Parents have the right to opt their children out of activities involving the collection or disclosure of personal information for marketing or sales purposes.
• •Parents have the right to inspect surveys, marketing instruments, and instructional materials before they are used in the classroom.
• •The district will administer the Georgia Student Health Survey 2.0 to students in grades 3-12 during the upcoming school year.
• •The Georgia Student Health Survey 2.0 covers topics including school climate, bullying, drug/alcohol use, and teen driving laws.
• •The district must notify parents annually of these privacy policies and provide notice of specific scheduled activities.
• •Complaints regarding potential violations of these rights can be filed with the Family Policy Compliance Office at the U.S. Department of Education.

Parents and students 18 or older have the legal right to review instructional materials, opt out of certain surveys or invasive physical exams, and prevent the school from collecting personal data for marketing purposes.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.