Bells Independent School District

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

PARENTAL NOTICE

 

Certain information about district students is considered directory information and will be released to anyone who follows the procedures for requesting the information unless the parent or guardian objects to the release of the directory information about the student.  If you do not want the Bells Independent School District to disclose directory information from your child’s education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the district by completing the form below within the first 10 days of enrollment.  The Bells Independent School District has designated the following as directory information and will be available for disclosure to the public unless the provided form is returned to your child’s school:

• A student’s name, address, and telephone number.
• The names of students participating in officially recognized activities and sports, and activity/sport photographs, and weight and height of members of the athletic teams.
• The student’s grade level, enrollment status, and honors and awards received in school.

For limited school-sponsored purposes (student recognition activities, yearbook, or student newspaper, printed programs for extracurricular activities, news releases to local media, district/campus website, district/campus video, district/campus publications) the Bells Independent will utilize designated directory information unless the parent has objected in writing.  Objection to the use of directory information for limited school sponsored purpose will result in the student(s) being omitted from all district/school publications and programs for extracurricular activities.

STUDENT DIRECTORY INFORMATION

 

Student Name (printed) ___________________________________________________________

Grade:  ________                   Homeroom Teacher: ________________________________________

ALL STUDENTS:
Release of Directory Information:  (Please check one of the two blanks below.)
_____Yes - Bells ISD has my permission to release directory information to any requestor with the
            Texas Public Information Act.
_____  No – Bells ISD does not have my permission to release directory information to any requestor with the Texas Public Information Act.
Release of Directory Information for School- Sponsored Purposes:  (Please check one of the
                                                                                                                                           two blanks below.)
_____  Yes, for limited school-sponsored purposes (student recognition activities, yearbook or student newspaper, printed programs for extracurricular activities, news releases to local media, media release photographs of students, district/campus website, district/campus video, district/campus publication), Bells ISD has my permission to release directory information. 
_____  No, I do not want Bells ISD to release ANY of the directory information, even for limited school sponsored purposes.  I understand that by not releasing the information my student will not be included in the yearbook, programs for extracurricular activities, the student newspaper, or any other such-school publications.

Parent/Guardian Name (printed): ____________________________________________________

Parent /Guardian Signature:  __________________________________ Date:  _______________
(PLEASE RETURN FORM TO YOUR CHILD’S HOMEROOM TEACHER)