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Annual notifications
Federal and state law requires school districts and BOCES to
provide certain notifications to students and their parents or
guardians. A summary of these notifications can be found
here.
Important note regarding photos of students
in HFM BOCES publications:
The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
allows schools to disclose certain “directory information” about
students such as a student’s name, address, telephone number,
date and place of birth, participation in athletics, honors and
awards, photographs and dates of attendance unless parents
have advised the BOCES to the contrary.
HFM BOCES uses this directory information in our publications
(print publications, BOCES website, social media outlets) and to
publicize our specific educational programs and student
accomplishments to the electronic (television) and print
(newspaper) media.
Parents not wishing information about their child to be used in
district publications, releases to the media or on the BOCES
website or social media should use this
form, or write a letter to the director of HFM BOCES Special
Education program. The signed and dated letter should state that
directory information about (name of student) should not be
released under FERPA. You do not have to give a reason. This
letter must be sent annually by September 30.
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