Feds investigating Pasco schools giving student data to sheriff
The Department of Education will look into whether the school district violated federal law by sharing personal student information without consent.
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U.S. Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, called for the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the Pasco school district s data-sharing arrangement with the Sheriff s Office. [ U.S. House of Representatives ]
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The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether the Pasco school district broke federal law by sharing private student information with the Pasco Sheriffâs Office.
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Tampa Bay Times reported in November that the school district shared information on student grades, discipline and attendance with the Sheriffâs Office, which used the data to compile a secret list of schoolchildren it believed could âfall into a life of crime.â