Milbank School District #25-4 Public Notices
Milbank School District #25-4 Public Notices
Notice of Nondiscrimination
The District will not violate any of the provisions of applicable federal programs, statutes, or regulations, including but not limited to Title IX, ESEA/Title I, Rehabilitation Act Section 504, Title II (Americans with Disabilities Act), ESSA, and McKinney-Vento Act (homeless children). The District will not discriminate in any of its policies and programs on the basis of age, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, or disability.
The District will provide the following:
1. an adequate, reliable, and impartial investigation of complaints, including the opportunity for the com- plainant and alleged perpetrator to present witnesses and provide evidence;
2. evaluation of all relevant information and documentation relating to a complaint of discrimination;
3. specific, reasonably prompt time frames at each stage of the grievance process;
4. written notice to all parties within a specified timeframe of the outcome or disposition of the grievance at each stage of the process;
5. an opportunity to appeal the findings or remedy, or both;
6. an assurance that the District will take steps to prevent recurrence of any discrimination and correct discriminatory effects on others; and
7. language in the policies and grievance procedures indicating that any attempts to informally or voluntarily resolve the complaint or grievance should not delay the commencement of the District’s investigation.
In compliance with applicable federal laws and regulations, the Board has appointed the Superintendent as the District’s Compliance Officer to coordinate program compliance with federal programs. The Superintendent can be reached at:
Milbank School District
1001 East Park Avenue
Phone #: (605) 432-5579
A complaint may also be filed with the United States Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education at: 1010 Walnut Street, Suite 320, Kansas City, Missouri 64106: Telephone: (816)268-0550; Facsimile: (816)268-0599; Tele-communication Device for the Deaf: (877)521.2172; E-mail: OCR.KansasCity@ed.gov.
Milbank School District Child Find
This is notice to the public that Andrea Hagen, Milbank School District’s Special Services Director, is responsible for the coordination, implementation, and documentation of the district’s child find system. It is very important to provide educational assistance to children in need at the earliest possible age. Children can receive services prior to reaching school age. If you as a parent or concerned citizen are aware of children who may be in need of services, please call 432-5579 and ask for Andrea Hagen. The school district offers a full range of special programs for those, birth through 21, who qualify under the federal law of IDEA and Administrative Rules of South Dakota 24:05. The most common services available, along with a brief description of each, include: Speech and Language Therapy, Early Childhood, School Psychology Assistance, Inclusion and Resource Assistance, and Occupational and Physical Therapy.
Any student, parent, or interested individual may contact the special services director or a building principal to learn about the laws, procedures, programs, or to make a referral. A referral is a simple process of making the director or a principal aware of the student’s educational problem and making a statement that you would like to make a referral. Before a student is evaluated, parents are informed of the process and permission is obtained. A copy of the school district’s Special Education Comprehensive Plan is available for examination in the offices of the Superintendent of Schools or the Special Services Director.
Annual Notice of Documents Available for Public Review
Documents relating to Milbank School District’s eligibility under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are available for public review.
They include the following:
1. Milbank School District Special Education Comprehensive Plan
2. IDEA Federal Applications for Funds
3. Special Education Accountability/Monitoring Final Report
4. Applications, evaluations, periodic program plan or reports relating to federal programs including auditor’s report, statements of assurance, budget, and grant materials
The documents may be reviewed at the Central Office or the Special Services Director’s Office (432-5579), Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Please call to make an appointment.
PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDINg
FAMILY EDUCATION RIGHTS &
PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)
STUDENT DIRECTORY
INFORMATION
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that the District, with certain exceptions, obtain written consent from parents, guardians, or from students who are 18 years of age or older ("eligible students"), prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the student’s education records. The main exception is that the District may disclose designated "directory information" without written consent, unless the parent, guardian, or eligible student has informed the District that prior written consent is required before disclosing the directory information. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow the District to include this type of information from the student’s education records in certain school publications.
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, guardian’s or eligible student’s prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks.
If a student’s parent, guardian, or an eligible student, does not want the District to disclose directory information from the student’s education records without prior written consent, the student’s parent, guardian, or an eligible student must notify the District in writing within thirty (30) days of the beginning of the school year or, if enrolling after the beginning of the school year, within thirty (30) days of enrollment.
The District has designated the following information as directory information:
1. Student’s name;
2. Address;
3. Telephone number;
4. Email address;
4. Name(s) of Parent(s);
5. Photograph;
6. Date and place of birth;
7. Dates of attendance;
8. Grade level;
9. Participation (including video) in officially recognized activities and sports;
10. Weight and height of members of athletic teams;
11. Degrees, honors, and awards received;
12. The most recent educational agency or institution attended.
The District shall provide, by November first of each year, a list of students by name in grades seven to twelve, inclusive, together with their mailing addresses, to the executive director of the Board of Regents and to each technical college located in the state unless the parent has directed that the District not release directory information about the student.
The District shall provide to military recruiters the same access to secondary school students as is provided generally to postsecondary educational institutions or to prospective employers of those students; and shall, upon a request made by military recruiters for military recruiting purposes, provide access to secondary school student names, addresses, and telephone listings, unless the parent of the student has submitted a request to the District that the student’s information not be released without prior written parental consent.
The District shall annually notify parents of the types of student directory information released. The notice will include:
1. An explanation of the parent’s or eligible student’s right to request that information not be disclosed without prior written consent;
2. Notice that the school routinely discloses names, addresses, and telephone numbers to the South Dakota Board of Regents and each technical college located in the state and, upon request, to military recruiters, subject to a parent’s or eligible student’s request not to disclose such information without written consent; and
3. Notification on how the parent or eligible student may opt out of the public, nonconsensual disclosure of directory information and the method and timeline within which to do so.
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)
The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232h; 34 CFR Part 98) applies to programs that receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). PPRA is intended to protect the rights of parents and students in two ways:
• It seeks to ensure that schools and contractors make instructional materials available for inspection by parents if those materials will be used in connection with an ED-funded survey, analysis, or evaluation in which their children participate; and
• It seeks to ensure that schools and contractors obtain written parental consent before minor students are required to participate in any ED-funded survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals information concerning:
1. Political affiliations
2. Mental and psychological problems potentially embarrassing to the student and his/her family
3. Sex behavior and attitudes
4. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating and demeaning behavior
5. Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships
6. Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers
7. Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or student’s parents, or
8. Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program)
Parents or students who believe their rights under PPRA may have been violated may file a complaint with ED by writing the Family Policy Compliance Office. Complaints must contain specific allegations of fact giving reasonable cause to believe that a violation of PPRA occurred.
For additional information or technical assistance, you may call (202) 260-3887 (voice). Individuals who use TDD may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. Or you may contact us at the following address:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-5920
