Student and Parent Notices

• Parents and guardians have a right to inspect any survey created by third parties 
• Arrangements will be made to protect student privacy in the event of the administration or distribution of a survey to a student containing one or more of the following items: (1) political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian; (2) mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s family; (3) sex behavior or attitudes; (4) illegal, anti-social, self- incriminating, or demeaning behavior; (5) critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships; (6) legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers; (7) religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian; (8) income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program)
• Parents and guardians have a right to inspect instructional materials used as part of the curriculum, including any applicable procedures
• Arrangements will be made to protect student privacy in the event of physical examinations or screenings that may be administered
• Parents and guardians have a right to inspect any instrument used  for the Collection, use, and disclosure of student personal information for marketing purposes, including arrangements to protect student privacy in the event of such collections, disclosure, or use, before it is administered or distributed to a student, including any applicable procedures

Parents and guardians have the right to opt out of:

• Collection, disclosure, or use of personal information collected from students for marketing, sales, or other distribution (this does not apply to the collection, disclosure, or use of personal information collected from students for the exclusive purpose of developing, evaluating, or providing educational products or services for, or to, students or educational institutions)
• Administration of any survey containing one or more of the following protected areas: (1) political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian; (2) mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s family; (3) sex behavior or attitudes; (4) illegal, anti- social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior; (5) critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships; (6) legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships (e.g., lawyers, physicians, ministers); (7) religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or student’s parent/guardian; or (8) income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under the program); and
• Non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening required as a condition of attendance and not necessary to protect the immediate health and safety of the student, or of other students, except for hearing, vision, or scoliosis screenings, or any physical exam or screening permitted or required under State law.

Engaging in teen dating violence that takes place at school, on school property, at school-sponsored activities, or in vehicles used for school-provided transportation is prohibited. For purposes of this policy, the term teen dating violence occurs whenever a student who is 13 to 19 years of age uses or threatens to use physical, mental, or emotional abuse to control an individual in the dating relationship; or uses or threatens to use sexual violence in the dating relationship.

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This requirement can be waived for students who show an undue burden or a lack of access to an optometrist or to a physician who performs eye examinations. The Illinois Department of Public Health wavier form is available at the school district or school office or for download below. The waiver form must be submitted by October 15 of the school year.

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* Vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor. Your child is not required to undergo a vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been administered within the previous 12 months.

This serves as notice to the parents/guardians of kindergarten, 2nd, 6th, and 9th grade students that each student must have a dental examination and submit proof of such an examination by May 15 of the school year. The dental examination must have taken place within 18 months prior to May 15 of the school year.

This requirement can be waived for students who show an undue burden or a lack of access to a dentist. The waiver form must be submitted by May 15 of the school year.

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