MJUSD
DIVISION 5000
STUDENTS
EXHIBIT
RELEASE OF DIRECTORY INFORMATION
PARENT/GUARDIAN NOTICE
RELEASE OF DIRECTORY INFORMATION
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law, requires that Muroc Joint Unified School District, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the 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 and/or District publications. Examples include:
- a playbill, showing your child's role in a drama production
- the annual yearbook
- honor roll or other recognition lists
- graduation programs
- 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 a parent/guardian'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 districts receiving assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories - names, addresses and telephone listings - unless parents/guardians have advised the District that they do not want their child's information disclosed without their prior written consent.
If you do not want the District to disclose directory information from your child's education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the District in writing by _____ (insert date). The District has designated the following information as directory information:
- name
- address
- telephone number
(10/07)