Information Sharing Between SROs, School Staff, and Other Partners. The Parties acknowledge the benefit of appropriate information sharing for improving the health and safety of students and also the importance of limits on the sharing of certain types of student information by school personnel. The Parties also acknowledge there are distinctions between personally identifiable information about students contained in education records and information about students not contained in such records as well as student information shared for law enforcement purposes and student information shared to support students and connect them with necessary mental health, community-based, and related services.
Information Sharing Between SROs, School Staff, and Other Partners. The Parties acknowledge the benefit of appropriate information sharing for improving the health and safety of students and also the importance of limits on the sharing of certain types of student information by school personnel. The Parties also acknowledge there are distinctions between personally identifiable information about students contained in education records and information about students not contained in such records as well as student information shared for law enforcement purposes and student information shared to support students and connect them with necessary mental health, community-based, and related services. In order to facilitate prompt and clear communications, the Parties acknowledge that the principal (or principal’s designee) and the SRO are the primary points of contact for sharing all types of student information in accordance with this Agreement. The Parties also acknowledge that, in some instances, other school officials or Police Department employees may serve as key points of contact for sharing information. Such school officials and Police Department employees are identified below: Chief of Police Chief’s designee Principal Principal’s designee At all times, school officials must comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) (FERPA), and the Massachusetts Student Records Regulations, 603 CMR 23.00. These rules permit disclosures of personally identifiable information about students (“Student PII”) contained in educational records, without consent, under specific circumstances. When the District “has outsourced institutional services or functions” to the SRO consistent with 34 C.F.R. § 99.31(a)(1)(i)(B) of FERPA and 603 CMR 23.07(3) of the Massachusetts Student Records Regulations, the SRO can qualify as a “school official” who can access, without consent, Student PII contained in education records about which the SRO has a “legitimate educational interest.” To demonstrate compliance with 34 C.F.R. § 99.31(a)(1)(i)(B), the Parties affirm and agree to the following: School safety is an institutional service for which the District would otherwise use its employees. The District will only disclose to SROs Student PII in education records for the purposes consistent with Sections I and II of this agreement. The SRO is subject to use and re-disclosure requirements in FERPA and the Massachusetts Student Records Regulations, 34 C.F.R. §99.33(a), 603 CMR 23.07(4). The SR...
Information Sharing Between SROs, School Staff, and Other Partners. Page6 The Parties acknowledge the benefit of appropriate information sharing for improving the health and safety of students and also the importance of limits on the sharing of certain types of student information by school personnel. The Parties also acknowledge there are distinctions between personally identifiable information about students contained in education records and 2022-2023 SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN WILMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WILMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT information about students not contained in such records as well as student information shared for law enforcement purposes and student information shared to support students and connect them with necessary mental health, community-based,and related services.
