The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that the Sioux City Community School District, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records. However, the Sioux City Community 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.

 

Student “directory information” is information contained in a student’s education record, which would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. The District designates the following categories of student-specific information as Directory Information: name; address; telephone number; date of birth; school email address; grade level; enrollment status; participation in officially recognized activities and sports; weight and height of members of athletic teams; dates of attendance; current attendance center; degrees and awards received; the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student; photographs; videos of the student’s participation in music, speech, athletic or other events; and other similar information.

The district may specify that disclosure of directory information will be limited to specific parties, for specific purposes, or both. The district may use directory information in school publications. The district may authorize the disclosure or release of directory information, without prior parental consent, to the following: post-secondary institutions and military recruiters.  

 

If you do not want the district to disclose directory information from your child’s education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the District by completing this form and returning to your child’s school by September 8, 2023.

NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT: 

The Sioux City Community School District offers career and technical programs in the following areas: Business & Marketing, Family & Consumer Science, Health Science, and Industrial Arts, Technology, & PLTW. 

The Sioux City Community School District is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information (for employment), national origin, religion, age (for employment), disability, socioeconomic status (for programs), marital status (for programs), or veteran status (for employment) in its educational programs and its employment practices.  The District is required by Title IX and 34 CFR Part 106 not to discriminate on the basis of sex in its programs, activities, or employment.   

Inquiries or grievances under Section 504  and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act may be directed to Dr. Dora Jung, Director of Student Services & Equity Education/Title IX Coordinator at 627 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101, (712) 279-6075,  jungd@live.siouxcityschools.com. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations to the District may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, or both. Please see District Board policies 103 and 504.4 for additional information on available grievance procedures.