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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute The Attached Interagency Agreement Between The School Board Of Broward County, Et Al And The City Of Hollywood For The Sharing Of Information Regarding Juvenile Offenders.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Police Department desires to enter into an Interagency Agreement with the School Board of Broward County, as well as several other agencies for the sharing of Juvenile information. The education records created, maintained or used by public educational institutions and agencies shall be protected in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, and the implementing regulations issued pursuant thereto: and Section 1002.221 permits a public school, center, institution, or other entity that is part of Florida's education system to release a student's education records without written consent of the student or parent to parties to an interagency agreement among the Department of Juvenile Justice, the school, law enforcement authorities, and other signatory agencies.
The Uninterrupted Scholars Act (USA) 20 USC 1221, amending FERPA, permits access to a student's records by an agency caseworker or other representative of a child, who has the right to access a student's case plan, when such agency is legally responsible in accordance with state law for the care and protection of the student, provided that the student records or information will not be disclosed by such agency except to address the student's education needs in accordance with the law.
Title 34 CFR Sections 99.31(a)(5)(i)(B) and 99.38(a) and (b) permit an educational agency or institution to disclose personally identifiable information from an education record of a student without written consent of the parent or eligible student if the disclosure is to state and local officia...
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