Notice on release of student data by ODE

A U.S. District Court has ordered 2013-14 school year records from the Ohio Department of Education’s Educational Management Information System be released to Disability Rights Ohio as part of an ongoing lawsuit.

Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, families of students whose information will be released must be notified and given the opportunity to object. The notice -- which includes instructions on how parents may object to the data release – is posted HERE on the Cloverleaf Web site and in each Cloverleaf school building. The court must receive objections no later than Sept. 12. Please note the court will not accept phone calls on this matter. Objections are processed only through the court, not by Cloverleaf Schools.

Students' names, addresses and Social Security numbers are not part of the information to be released. Ohio is one of only three states that do not allow their departments of education to collect this data, to protect student privacy.

Data to be released for each student include: student ID number, school name, grade, gender, race, age and disability category. The records also reveal student performance on the state’s Ohio Achievement Assessments and Ohio Graduation Tests, as well as tests related to Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee. Student suspensions and expulsions also are listed.

The data is subject to a protective order, which means Disability Rights Ohio cannot publicize it. Letters of objection will be available to attorneys involved in the case, but will not be available to the public.

Thank you.

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