As global learning experiences become more common in K–12 education, schools increasingly send staff and students abroad for cultural exchanges, academic competitions, service trips, and more. While these trips offer...more
Back in 2017, at the dawn of the first Trump administration, there was much concern about how school leaders should address issues involving “undocumented” students including the possibility of visits by the U.S. Immigration...more
Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) generally provides access to records created by public agencies (including school districts). However, the FOIA contains an exemption from disclosure for “educational records”...more
A federal judge in Ohio just concluded that a university’s practice of conducting room scans for remote testing was unreasonable and a violation of a student’s Fourth Amendment privacy rights. The August 22 decision in...more
New guidance issued jointly by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advises schools that most health information relating to students at federally-funded elementary and...more
This summer, Pearson notified a handful of Illinois school districts that its AIMSweb 1.0 Platform had experienced a data breach that impacted over 13,000 account holders nationally. ...more
California’s San Diego Unified School District recently disclosed that it had sustained a data breach when multiple phishing emails from malicious hackers were used to gather login information of staff members throughout the...more
Recently, educational institutions have become targets for hackers and the victims of significant data breach incidents. No institution is invincible from attack. Within the last two years, preeminent universities such as...more
In working with school districts and charter schools, our firm has learned that many clients may have entered into agreements that lack key contract terms necessary to protect student data privacy. In other cases, we have...more
Four pieces of legislation intended to improve online privacy and protections for Delaware residents were signed into law by Governor Jack Markell on August 7, 2015. Collectively, this legislation will impact a broad range of...more