Law / United States / 
Alaska
Alaska public schools: written parental permission before a questionnaire or survey into personal or private family affairs
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Consent, Disclosure, Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are an Alaska school district, a principal or other person in charge of a public school, or a teacher in a public school, do not administer or permit to be administered in a school a questionnaire or survey, anonymous or not, that inquires into personal or private family affairs of the student not a matter of public record or subject to public observation, unless written permission is obtained from the student's parent or legal guardian (AS 14.03.110(a)).
- For an anonymous questionnaire or survey, give each parent or legal guardian at least two weeks' notice before administering it; the written permission may be obtained annually and lasts until the next school year begins or until the parent or guardian withdraws it in writing to the principal (AS 14.03.110(b)).
- For a questionnaire or survey that is not anonymous, obtain the written permission from the student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks before it is administered (AS 14.03.110(c)).
- Give the parent or guardian an opportunity to review the questionnaire or survey, and written notice of how it will be administered to the student, how the results will be used, and who will have access to the questionnaire, survey or results (AS 14.03.110(d)).
- Let a student refuse to participate in a questionnaire or survey, and let a parent or legal guardian refuse to allow the student to participate in a specified questionnaire or survey (AS 14.03.110(e)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 14.03.110 requires written parental permission, advance notice and a chance to review, and sets no duty to keep a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
A school district, a principal or other person in charge of a public school, or a teacher in a public school may not administer or permit to be administered in a school a questionnaire or survey, anonymous or not, that inquires into personal or private family affairs of the student not a matter of public record or subject to public observation, unless written permission is obtained from the student's parent or legal guardian.
For an anonymous questionnaire or survey, the permission may be obtained annually and lasts until the next school year begins or until the parent or guardian withdraws it in writing, and the school must give each parent or guardian at least two weeks' notice before administering it. For a questionnaire or survey that is not anonymous, the school must obtain the written permission at least two weeks before it is administered.
The school must give the parent or guardian an opportunity to review the questionnaire or survey and written notice of how it will be administered, how the results will be used, and who will have access to the questionnaire, survey or results. A student may refuse to participate, and a parent or legal guardian may refuse to allow the student to participate in a specified questionnaire or survey. A questionnaire or survey means a list of questions to, or information collected from, a class or group of students.
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