FOIA PARANOIA
This shall be open to inspection and copying by any citizen of the State of Arkansas during regular business hours.
What are Records or Public Records?
Every District must have one. This person is trained annually in Title IX procedures, maintains compliance with regulations, and oversees the Title IX process for the District.
What is a Title IX Coordinator?
Teachers and District staff shall maintain this kind of relationship with all students.
What is a professional relationship?
Students do not shed these when they enter school, or the "schoolhouse gate."
What are Constitutional rights?
Students who fall far behind the general curriculum and cannot keep up with their fellow classmates, despite best effort, should likely be referred for consideration of this.
What is special education?
This act prohibits students from using personal electronic devices during the school day except in certain situations like emergencies or when required by an IEP or 504 plan.
What is the Bell to Bell No Cell Act (Act 122)?
These records are exempt from FOIA and deal specifically with documents related to staff members, write ups, and general employee information.
What are personnel or employee evaluation records?
By filing one of these, a Complainant officially begins the Title IX process.
What is a Formal Complaint?
This is the only offense that requires the filing of an alleged ethical standards violation.
What is inappropriate interaction with a student?
Expression (speech) may be suppressed if it does this to the peaceful operation of the school.
What is Materially and/or substantially interferes/ disrupts?
Under the IDEA, a student with 1 of 13 qualifying disabilities will need one of these plans, reasonably drafted to aid the student in making progress.
What is an IEP?
What is now required during school board meetings to promote transparency and community involvement?
What is public comment?
Following a FOIA request, a document in active use should be turned over/released in this amount of time.
What is three days?
Once a Complaint has been lodged, the District makes these accommodations for BOTH the Complainant and Respondent to preserve equal access to the District's education. These may include moving students to different classrooms, moving teachers, adding an adult to a classroom, etc.
What are supportive measures?
Loss of your teaching license due to an ethical violation results in this regarding your contract?
What is immediate and required termination?
A student and his/her belongings may always be searched regardless of cause of this is obtained from the student?
What is consent?
A student with ADHD, found to be ineligible for special education under the IDEA, will likely need one of these to comply with FAPE.
What is a 504 Plan?
This law requires recording devices in locker rooms.
These two types of e-communications, even if you consider them private, can be subject to release under FOIA.
What are text messages and E-mails?
The District should do this when a Complaint does not meet the definition of sexual harassment as defined in the Title IX policy or the alleged conduct did not occur at the District or a District event.
What is dismiss the Complaint?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the maximum penalty available to the State Board of Education for ethics violations.
What is revocation?
If the District involves law enforcement in an investigation or search of a student it must provide full protections of the fourth amendment and apply which legal standard to conduct a search?
What is probable cause?
A Student with an IEP and/or 504 Plan gets into a fight and the District is considering taking serious disciplinary action. The District should likely do one of these to determine if the Student's action was related to his/her disability.
What is a Manifestation Determination Review?
What is the term used to describe any communication that solicits, discloses, or inquires about how a board member will vote on an upcoming issue?
What is polling?
Because FOIA is purely a disclosure law, it does not require you to do these two things when a record is requested?
What is create records or maintain records.
The District cannot do this to the respondent, other than provide supportive measures, until the conclusion of the Title IX grievance process.
What is take disciplinary action?
An educator maintains this with regard to private student and colleague information obtained in the course of professional services.
What is confidentiality?
District may conduct a search of a student, without law enforcement, specific to wrongdoing or misconduct, using this standard.
What is Reasonable Suspicion?
This is a common disorder which is not an eligibility category under the IDEA, but will still require intervention.
Hint: Affects all other subjects.
What is dyslexia?
The repeal of this Act now allows a school board to non-renew a teacher without notice or a board hearing?
What is the teacher fair dismissal act.