BURBANK PARENTS: The California Department of Education (“CDE”) is currently engaged in litigation with two non-profit associations comprised of parents and guardians of children with disabilities. The plaintiffs in that litigation have requested numerous documents, as well as student data collected and stored by CDE, which may include personally identifiable student information.
To comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”), CDE has been ordered, among other things, to inform parents and students of the disclosure of such information. CDE has requested that school districts and SELPAs post the following link to CDE’s website:http://www.cde.ca.gov/morganhillcase.
The objection form is available in English:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/di/ws/documents/form2016jan26.pdf
and Spanish:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/…/ws/docume…/form2016jan26-spanish.pdf
For parents wanting to object to having their child’s student information disclosed to the court, this form (or the information contained in this form) must be sent via regular mail to:
United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller
c/o Clerk of the Court Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse
501 I Street, Room 4-200 Sacramento, CA 95814
Attn: Document Filed Under Seal
This objection form must be submitted to the Court by April 1, 2016
For more information, please contact CDE directly at (916) 319-0800.