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Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Compliance Statement

HIBSTER ANTI-BULLYING SOFTWARE

HIBSTERVENTION I&RS SOFTWARE

ASAP STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Educational Development Software (EDS) understands that information about your students may be considered confidential by the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S. C. 1232g) (FERPA) unless proper consent is given by your students or their parents/legal guardians. While in possession of any data or information relating to students, Educational Development Software (EDS) shall not permit disclosure to any third party without the prior written consent of the parent or by the student who is 18 years of age or older.

Under FERPA, student 18 years of age and older have the right to:

·         Inspect and review their incident records;

·         Request an amendment to records if they believe they are inaccurate or misleading;

·         Request a hearing if the amendment request is not resolved to their satisfaction;

·         Consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information from their records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without their consent;

·         File a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Family Policy Compliance Office if they believe their rights under FERPA have been violated.

HIBster practices commercially reasonable standards to ensure no unauthorized person gains access to student information considered confidential under FERPA. HIBster also implements reasonable efforts, such as session-ending after inactivity, to ensure that we do not unintentionally disclose student information that may be considered confidential under FERPA to anyone other than personnel within your school district or other individuals that have been authorized by your school district to access such information using our system, persons or organizations providing the students with aid, authorized representatives of federal or state governments for the audit and evaluation of federal and state supported programs or other persons required by law.