Use of Directory Information

Code No.: 506.2E2
USE OF DIRECTORY INFORMATION
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that Anamosa School
District, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally
identifiable information from your child’s education records. However, Anamosa School District may
disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have
advised the District to the contrary in accordance with District procedures. The primary purpose of
directory information is to allow the Anamosa School District to include this type of information from
your child’s education records in certain school publications. Examples include:
• A playbill, showing your student’s role in a drama production;
• The annual yearbook;
• Honor roll or other recognition lists;
• Graduation programs; and,
• Sports activity sheets, such as for wrestling, showing weight and height of team members.
Directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of
privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parent’s prior written
consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or
publish yearbooks. In addition, two federal laws require local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving
assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to provide military
recruiters, upon request, with the following information – names, addresses and telephone listings – unless
parents have advised the LEA that they do not want their student’s information disclosed without their
prior written consent.
If you do not want the Anamosa School District to disclose directory information from your child’s
education records without your prior consent, you must notify the District as part of electronic eregistration
on the parent permissions page or in writing to the school office your child attends by
September 15. Anamosa Community School District has designated the following information as
directory information:
 Student’s name
 Grade level
 Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
 Weight and height of members of athletic teams
 Dates of attendance
 Degrees and awards received
 The most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student
 Photograph and other likeness
Approved
Reviewed 1/17/00
Revised 1/3/06
Revised 3/7/11
Reviewed 6/20/11
Revised 1/13/14
Revised 8/17/15
Reviewed 6/19/17