If your administrator or IT department is asking about SLP Toolkit compliance with the South Carolina student data privacy laws, we've got you covered. There seems to be very little information specifically about student data privacy on the SC Dept of Education website, but there is some evidence that the state intends to join the SDPC.
You can find information about how to comply in general with federal and best practice privacy regulations below.
Although we are well versed in privacy rules, we are not legal experts (we stick to speech pathology and software). So you should consult your district about how to fully comply too.
1. Summary
As a school official under FERPA, software providers like SLP Toolkit should follow some basic rules:
Define elements of student data that are collected & stored (see section 2 below)
Define the purpose for collecting those elements (see section 2 below)
Ensure the information is not disseminated & access is restricted (see section 3&4 below)
Use elements of student data only for the purposes defined (see section 4 below)
2. Student Data Elements
You can view all the student data elements that we collect, along with the reason we collect them in the knowledge base article below. You can print out a copy or save a PDF for your records.
3. Other Useful Information
We use subcontractors to store and access student data. Their information and their policies concerning privacy and security are listed in the knowledge base article below.
SLP Toolkit uses best practices to securely store and transmit data to the SLPs with authorized access. You can read more about how we keep your data safe in the article below.
4. Data Sharing & Privacy Agreement
You can generate and download a signed data sharing & privacy agreement (DSPA) for your district using this form (click here).
Hopefully, this demystifies the student privacy rules and you can get on with helping the students. As always, let us know if there are any questions about this or other privacy standards by sending an email to privacy@slptoolkit.com or contacting support.