FOIA PARANOIA
All of these shall be open to inspection and copying by any citizen of the State of Arkansas during regular business hours and through the custodian of these.
Every District must have one. This person is trained annually in Title IX procedures, maintains compliance with regulations, and is separate from the investigator and decision maker.
What is a Title IX Coordinator?
Teachers and District staff shall maintain this kind of relationship with all students.
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 legitimate effort, should likely be referred for this.
What is special education?
A mandated reporter who has reasonable cause to suspect a child has been the victim of maltreatment must do this.
What is submit a report to the child abuse hotline?
These records are exempt from FOIA and deal specifically with documents related to staff members, write ups, and general employee information.
What are personnel records?
By filing one of these, a Complainant officially begins the Title IX process.
What is a Formal Complaint?
Private messaging with students on facebook, instagram, snapchat, or whats app, are examples of this.
What is inappropriate communication?
Expression may be suppressed if it does this to the 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?
When a mandated reporter suspects child maltreatment, a report should be made within this amount of time.
What is TRICK QUESTION: IMMEDIATELY?
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?
This is when someone uses school funds improperly, usually for their own gain or benefit. It's a violation of Standard 4 of the Code of Ethics for Arkansas Educators.
What is misappropriating funds/unauthorized use?
School staff, acting without law enforcement, may search students without the full protection of this.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
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?
Mandated Reporters should do this if they are worried there is not enough evidence to report the suspected maltreatment.
What is report anyway?
These two types of e-communications, which are generally considered private, can be FOIA'd.
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 did not occur at the District or a District event.
What is dismiss the Complaint?
DAILY DOUBLE
Name one student who was called for attendance in Key and Peele's, "Substitute Teacher"
Who are Ay-ay-ron, Balakay, Dee-Nice, or Jay-Quelin?
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 with standard.
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?
By failing to report, a mandated reporter opens him or herself up to this. Hint: It involves courtrooms and judges.
What are criminal and civil liabilities?
Because FOIA is purely a disclosure law, it does not require you to do these two things with your records.
What is create records or maintain records.
Note: Retention laws may come into play.
The District cannot do this to the respondent, other than supportive measures, until the conclusion of the 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?
A mandated reporter who makes a report in good faith will have this legal protection.
What is civil and criminal immunity?