Technology - Mohonasen Central School District

At Mohonasen, students have access to a variety of rigorous and exciting academic opportunities that reflect what is expected in the real world. Through the grade levels, the locally-developed curriculum combines core knowledge instruction – such as English language arts, math, science and social studies – with essential skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and collaboration. Below the surface, our faculty and administration continue to use key teaching and learning tools – like academic standards, quality assessments, and professional development – to ensure that students are learning to the best of their ability. See important information about Mohonasen’s academic programs below.

Third-party Agreements – Software

Parents’ Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security

See the Policy Regarding Privacy and Security for Student and Teacher and Principal Data – Adopted June 2020

The Mohonasen School District is committed to ensuring student privacy in accordance with local, state and federal regulations and district policies. To this end and pursuant to U.S. Department of Education (DOE) regulations (Education Law §2-d), the district is providing the following Parents’ Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security:

A student’s personally identifiable information cannot be sold or released for any commercial or marketing purposes.

Parents have the right to inspect and review the complete contents of their child’s education record, including any student data maintained by the Mohonasen School District. This right of inspection of records is consistent with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Under the more recently adopted regulations (Education Law §2-d), the rights of inspection are extended to include data, meaning parents have the right to inspect or receive copies of any data in their child’s educational record. The New York State Education Department (SED) will develop further policies and procedures related to these rights in the future.

State and federal laws protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information and safeguards associated with industry standards and best practices, including but not limited to, encryption, firewalls and password protection, must be in place when data is stored or transferred.

A complete list of all student data elements collected by the state is available for public review in an Excel file at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/sirs/documentation/NYSEDstudentData.xlsx. Parents may also obtain a copy of this list by writing to the Office of Information & Reporting Services, New York State Education Department, Room 863 EBA, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, N.Y. 12234.

Parents have the right to have complaints about possible breaches of student data addressed. Complaints should be directed to the appropriate building principal. Complaints to SED should be directed to: Chief Privacy Officer, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234; the e-mail address is cpo@mail.nysed.gov. SED’s complaint process is under development and will be established through regulations from the department’s chief privacy officer, who has yet to be appointed.

ADDITIONAL STUDENT DATA PRIVACY INFORMATION

This bill of rights is subject to change based on regulations of the commissioner of education and the SED chief privacy officer, as well as emerging guidance documents from SED. For example, these changes/additions will include requirements for districts to share information about third-party contractors that have access to student data, including:

How the student, teacher or principal data will be used;
How the third-party contractors (and any subcontractors/ others with access to the data) will abide by data protection and security requirements;
What will happen to data when agreements with third-party contractors expire;
If and how parents, eligible students, teachers or principals may challenge the accuracy of data that is collected; and
Where data will be stored to ensure security and the security precautions taken to ensure the data is protected, including whether the data will be encrypted.