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We use Google apps for education (GAFE)
Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, YouTube, and Google Slides are just a few of the apps we use every day. While students may have access to their own applications on their personal device, we encourage students to use applications that are similar to the ones used by their classmates. To use the District’s collection of Google Apps, every student is issued an Arco Iris gmail address for email. Students under age 13 MUST have a parental and GAFE consent form signed (See below, COPPA) in order to be issued a school gmail address. Parents who do not want their children to use district gmail should contact a teacher or administrator at your school. For more information about Chromebooks, Google Apps, and privacy, please visit: https://www.google.com/edu/trust/#how-is-data-used-and-protected-for-students-on-chromebooks-for-edu
 
Children’s Online Privacy Act (COPPA)
COPPA applies to commercial companies and limits their ability to collect personal information from children under 13. By default, advertising is turned off for Beaverton School District’s presence in Google Apps for Education. No personal student information is collected for commercial purposes. This permission form allows the school to act as an agent for parents in the collection of information within the school context. The school's use of student information is solely for education purposes.
--COPPA – http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/coppafaqs.shtm
In the case of Arco Iris, Google Apps For Education (GAFE) must comply with COPPA -- that’s why we need parent/guardian permission to issue a BSD email address so that our students under age 13 can use gmail.
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/complying-coppa-frequently-asked-questions-0
 
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
FERPA protects the privacy of student education records and gives parents the rights to review student records. Under FERPA, schools may disclose directory information (See Board Policy JOA) but parents may request the school not disclose this information. Parents are provided the opportunity annually to opt out of disclosing their student's directory information on the District's Enrollment Form.
--FERPA – http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa
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