Directory Information Policy

Ferpa Directory Information Policy

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act requires that the District, with certain exceptions, obtain written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the student’s education records. However, the District may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless the District is advised to the contrary in accordance with District procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow the District to include this type of information from the student’s education records in certain school publications. 
Examples include: 

  1. A playbill, showing the student’s role in a drama production; 

  2. The annual yearbook; 

  3. Honor roll or other recognition lists; 

  4. Graduation programs; and 

  5. Sports activity sheets, such as for wrestling, showing the weight and height of team members.

Directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parent/guardian’s prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks. In addition, two federal laws require local educational agencies (LEA's) receiving assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories – names, addresses, and telephone listings – unless parents/guardians have advised the LEA that they do not want their student’s information disclosed without their prior written consent. 

The District has designated the following information as “directory information,” and it will disclose that information without prior written consent: 
The district designates the following information to be directory information:  

  1. The student's name, address, and telephone number; 

  2. The names of the student's parents; 

  3. The student's date and place of birth; 

  4. The student's major field of study and class designation (i.e., first grade, tenth grade, etc.); 

  5. The student's extracurricular participation; 

  6. The student's achievement awards or honors; 

  7. The student's weight and height if a member of an athletic team; 

  8. The student's dates of attendance; and 

  9. The most recent educational institution the student attended prior to the student enrolling in this district.

Glenpool Public Schools will disclose any of the above items electronically or otherwise without prior parental consent unless notified in writing within ten (10) days from the date of student enrollment that any or all of the above information should not be released without consent. Parents may not opt out of disclosing directory information if the purpose is to prevent the disclosure of the student’s name or institutional email address in a class in which the student is enrolled or to prevent the school from requiring the student to wear a student ID badge.

If you have any concerns or would like to update your preferences, please contact the enrollment office at 918-322-9500, ext 512. We appreciate your partnership in safeguarding your child's information.