Both bills, Assembly Bill 1584 and Senate Bill 1177, contain language that supporters say will make timely updates in relation to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act — the federal student privacy law — when it comes to protecting students’ privacy online.
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California appeals court says school district can redact teachers’ names in test score data
The Los Angeles Unified School District does not have to release the names of individual teachers in records about teacher performance, a California appeals court ruled July 23.
California student radio station in jeopardy after ‘sexy Snapchat’ fundraiser
University officials at California Polytechnic State University could sell the student radio station’s FM frequency after two student deejays launched a fundraising campaign featuring sexually explicit photos.
Daily Bruin editors criticize student judicial board's ruling concerning candidate interviews with the press
Editors at the University of California Los Angeles’ student newspaper are dissatisfied with a ruling from the undergraduate Judicial Board that sidestepped the issue of whether candidates can be punished for giving interviews to the press.
UCLA student government candidates warned that interviews with Daily Bruin could lead to sanctions
The University of California Los Angeles’ student newspaper is challenging campus election rules that prompted three presidential candidates to withdraw from planned appearances on The Daily Bruin’s news radio show.
Calif. community college paper suspects theft after 400 newspapers disappear
Around 400 copies of Cuesta College’s The Cuestonian disappeared between Tuesday and Wednesday, says an instructor at the California community college.
After pressure from student newspaper and faculty, Calif. community college walks back from restrictive media policy
A community college in California is scrapping a policy that requested faculty go through a public relations department before answering reporters’ questions, college and district officials say.
Ninth Circuit backs school that ordered students wearing patriotic T-shirts to turn them inside-out
A California high school did not violate the First Amendment when officials ordered students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn them inside-out during a school-sponsored Cinco de Mayo event, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Calif. student editors fear censorship after covering reports of teacher-student altercation
The story broke on Twitter: a physical altercation between a teacher and a student. Staffers at The Californian, the student newspaper at San Ramon’s California High School, were quick to jump on the reports and published a story in late November. Now, editors are worried school officials might begin censoring them.
UCLA adopts policy limiting access to faculty work
The University of California Los Angeles has adopted a “set of guiding principles” seeking to protect most faculty “scholarly communications” from disclosure under the state’s public records law.