California recently passed the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA). I know my district and school have not relayed any information about this new law. This is very disheartening especially since I work for an online school. You would think our administration would be privy to all the new laws and regulations. The first step I believe my district needs to accomplish would be to get a lead teacher or team to be well-versed in SOPIPA to help interpret the requirements in our specific circumstances. This team would be able to create literature that would be comprehensive for all stakeholders. I would also have these lead teams articulate the law in an in-service to address any misconception or misunderstanding that stakeholders would have. We have a yearly round up at my school where students, parents and educators are mandated to show up. The round up was designed for signing up new and old students up for school again and giving parents any type of new information that has evolved through local, state and federal laws. This would be a great time to have a break out session to inform all stakeholders at least once a year about laws like SOPIPA and other important laws.
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April 2016
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