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P 1610 Protection of Student Rights

All instructional materials, including teachers' manuals, films, tapes or other supplementary material which will be used in connection with any survey, analysis or evaluation shall be available for inspection by parents/guardians of the students.

No student shall be required to submit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation as part of a school program that requires students to reveal personal information concerning:

  1. Political affiliations of the student or student’s family;
  2. Mental and psychological problems of the student or his/her family;
  3. Sexual behavior and attitudes;
  4. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating behavior;
  5. Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships;
  6. Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians and ministers; or
  7. Income, other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance.

The School District shall give parents notice of their right to inspect surveys and instructional materials used in education of their children.


Board Approved Date: August 2003
Last Updated: February 2019