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LAND O LAKES, FL In response to accusations that the Pasco County Sheriff s Office is using predictive policing to identify children likely to become criminals, the sheriff and school system has revised its agreement regarding the sharing of information about students.
The new agreement was unanimously approved by the Pasco County School Board at Tuesday s regularly scheduled meeting.
Under the revised agreement, school resource officers will no longer be able to obtain student data, including student grades, attendance and discipline. Additionally, SROs will no longer have access to the school district s Early Warning System, which designates which students are considered off-track, on-track or at-risk.
Pasco school district will limit school resource officersâ access to student data
By FOX 13 News staff
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LAND O LAKES, Fla. - An agreement between the Pasco County School District and sheriff’s office has been altered after the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into whether the district was breaking federal law.
The agreement came to light after an investigation by the Tampa Bay Times found the school district shared student information with school resource officers, such as grades, attendance and who they associated with. The Times found that the sheriff’s office then allegedly used that information to compile a list of students whom they think might fall into a life of crime.
Pasco school resource officers will no longer access student data
The Sheriffâs Office and School Board amended their agreement that previously allowed school resource officers to access grades, discipline and more
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Pasco County School Resource Officers will no longer have access to student data like grades and discipline after an agreement with the school board was updated Tuesday
Updated May 4
Pasco Countyâs school resource officers will no longer have access to student data, including childrenâs grades and discipline histories, after the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office and School Board revised their data-sharing agreement Tuesday.
The officers will also no longer have access to the school districtâs early warning system, which designates students as on-track, off-track or at-risk, according to the Sheriffâs Office.
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