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Advisory Opinion 21-008 21-008A parent asked the Commissioner whether a school district complied with the Data Practices Act and the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) when it disclosed the parent's student's directory informati…
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Advisory Opinion 20-005 20-005The Minnesota Department of Education requested an advisory opinion regarding access to private and confidential data within the same government entity, as well as sharing of private data between school districts and co…
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Advisory Opinion 09-008 09-008Given the publicity relating to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) complaints, can School District 47, Sauk Rapids-Rice, release a copy of the two OCR decisions after redacting all personally identifying information that …
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Advisory Opinion 05-022 05-022Would Independent School District 701, Hibbing, violate Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, if it released to the school district's Pupil Support Assistants (as a group), the following data about students with disabilities:…
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Advisory Opinion 05-021 05-021Do routine, written K-12 classroom tests and quizzes which are completed by students and count toward their grade for the class fall within the definition of
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Advisory Opinion 04-068 04-068Did Independent School District 832, Mahtomedi, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a June 1, 2004, request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 04-046 04-046Did Independent School District 832, Mahtomedi, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, when it disclosed the identity of a parent and his/her child in a May 7, 2002, letter it sent to all District high school teach…
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Advisory Opinion 04-024 04-024Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 77, Mankato, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in publishing certain data about a student in a yearbook? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter …
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Advisory Opinion 03-029 03-029Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and related federal law, would Northeast Metropolitan Intermediate School District 916 violate the rights of a student if, after reporting a crime committed by the student, th…
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Advisory Opinion 02-001 02-001Will Independent School District 281, Robbinsdale, violate FERPA if it releases all documentation, including an investigative report, which contains private education records/educational data regarding the student victi…
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Advisory Opinion 01-078 01-078Since Minnesota Statutes section 13.32, subdivision 5a mandates the release of data regardless of whether it is designated as
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Advisory Opinion 01-041 01-041Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School District 281, Robbinsdale, respond appropriately to a data subject's request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 96-042 96-042Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did Dr. Willard Miller inappropriately gain access to private data about K, a University of Minnesota student? Did Dr. Willard Miller violate a provision of Minnesota Statutes …
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Advisory Opinion 93-006 93-006Is the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act or FERPA an issue, in your view, that should be heard as part of a due process hearing conducted pursuant to Minn. State. Sec. 120.17, Subd. 3b or does your office concur w…