What is the name of your state? NJ
I have a somewhat interesting educational privacy question, that for the life of me I can't find the answer. If anyone can help with what law if any covers this situation I would greatly appreciate it (FERPA maybe??).
Here is the situation. Child, 11, special education with an active IEP. does spelling homework. The homework is to write a riddle for the spelling word. Full name goes on top of paper. Next day students in class (a co-teaching placement with regular and special education students) exchange the riddle worksheets and take them home for homework that evening to solve the riddles. Now my child who has severe hand writing difficulties gets his papers back with very negative and sometimes down right nasty comments from other student's parent about his hand writing. Now I think (and I may be wrong),that the school should not be allowed to send other children's work to other people's homes. That due to names being put on papers privacy issues are of concern.
Now mind you I have spoken at great length with the school abut this and they told me they would take care of the situation. But, today my child came home with the same homework again (he did not do the riddles, as he was absent from school for the first part of the assignment but he came home with another child's paper).
Quick note - just so you understand my child has many accomdations for hand writing and has received extensive therapy.
I have a somewhat interesting educational privacy question, that for the life of me I can't find the answer. If anyone can help with what law if any covers this situation I would greatly appreciate it (FERPA maybe??).
Here is the situation. Child, 11, special education with an active IEP. does spelling homework. The homework is to write a riddle for the spelling word. Full name goes on top of paper. Next day students in class (a co-teaching placement with regular and special education students) exchange the riddle worksheets and take them home for homework that evening to solve the riddles. Now my child who has severe hand writing difficulties gets his papers back with very negative and sometimes down right nasty comments from other student's parent about his hand writing. Now I think (and I may be wrong),that the school should not be allowed to send other children's work to other people's homes. That due to names being put on papers privacy issues are of concern.
Now mind you I have spoken at great length with the school abut this and they told me they would take care of the situation. But, today my child came home with the same homework again (he did not do the riddles, as he was absent from school for the first part of the assignment but he came home with another child's paper).
Quick note - just so you understand my child has many accomdations for hand writing and has received extensive therapy.