Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security (Parents' Bill of Rights)
The purpose of the Parents’ Bill of Rights is to inform parents, including legal guardians or persons in parental relation to a student, but generally not the parents of a student who is age eighteen or over, of the legal requirements regarding privacy, security and use of student data. In addition to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Education Law §2-d provides important protections for student data and remedies for breaches of the responsibility to maintain the security and confidentiality of such data.
Parents' Bill of Rights for New York State's English Language Learners/Multilingual Learners & ELL Parent Hotline
An informed, empowered community of parents, guardians and other persons in parental relation is critical to ensuring that English Language Learners (ELLs) are well served. The New York State Education Department's Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) has created an English Language Learner Parents' Bill of Rights which summarizes critical rights concerning educational access and programming for ELLs and their parents. These key rights are summarized in an easy to reference one page format and have been translated into nine languages.
New York State ESSA-Funded Programs Complaint Procedures
These procedures offer parents and other stakeholders a process to file complaints and allow for the timely resolution of such complaints. Complaints filed against a local entity such as a school district, charter school, or grantee will be reviewed by the Office of ESSA-Funded Programs at the New York State Education Department. Complaints filed against NYSED will be reviewed by NYSED's legal counsel.