Parents' Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security

Under New York Education Law §2-d and 8 NYCRR Part 121.

Template. New York school districts should have their Chief Privacy Officer review and adopt this before publishing to families.
  1. A student's personally identifiable information cannot be sold or released for any commercial purpose.
  2. Parents have the right to inspect and review the complete contents of their child's education record stored by LeagueForge or their child's school. Requests should be made to the school's designated privacy officer.
  3. State and federal laws (including FERPA and NY Ed Law §2-d) protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information. Safeguards in place at LeagueForge include encryption in transit and at rest, row-level security on every table, role-based access controls, audit logging of all access to student records, and background-checked staff.
  4. A complete list of all student data elements collected by NYSED is available at nysed.gov/data-privacy-security/student-data-inventory; parents may request a copy from their school district.
  5. Parents have the right to file complaints about possible breaches of student data with the school district's designated privacy officer or with the NYSED Chief Privacy Officer at privacy@nysed.gov.

Supplemental information about LeagueForge

Schools should append this to their signed Data Processing Agreement and publish it to families. See also our Privacy Policy.