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This document from PTAC addresses privacy and security considerations relating to computer software, mobile applications (apps), and web-based tools provided by a third-party to a school or district that students and/or their parents access via the Internet and use as part of a school activity. The 14-page document is formatted in a question and answer format and includes a resource list and glossary of related terminology.

This 32-page document contains a side-by-side comparison of the confidentiality provisions in the FERPA and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA.

A privacy and data protection program for student education records must include a set of checks and balances to ensure that the necessary rules and procedures are in place and that they are being fully implemented. This document provides information about how to complete formal periodic audits of the various processes involved in the processing and usage of personally identifiable student information.

The purpose of this document is to summarize the requirements for the written agreements under the studies exception and the auditor evaluation exception as specified in the FERPA.

This 2014 document is an adaptation of the 2012 release of Data Sharing Agreement Checklist intended for K-12 audiences. Presented as a checklist, the document summarizes the requirements for the written agreements under the audit or evaluation exception that is specified in FERPA and that also applies to the IDEA for Part C early intervention and Part B 619 preschool special education.

The IDEA Part C Confidentiality Checklist outlines the various confidentiality provisions of IDEA law in an easy-to-understand format in order to support agencies in complying with privacy and confidentiality provisions under IDEA Part C. The checklist also provides a means for documenting implementation practices states may need to follow or actions they may need to take to implement or improve implementation of the confidentiality provisions.