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FERPA and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

The purpose of this guidance is to answer questions that school officials may have had concerning the disclosure of personally identifiable information from students’ education records to outside entities when addressing the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).   

Colleges and the 2020 Census - Coronavirus Update

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is working with Census to share updates on the 2020 Census.

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A Parent’s Guide for Understanding K-12 School Data Breaches

This resource aims to provide parents of K-12 students information to help understand what it means when your school has a data breach, as well as provide tools and best practices to help navigate the sometimes confusing process of protecting your children’s data in the event of a breach.

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Dual Enrollment Data Breach Scenario

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