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Millions of public school students will soon have their personal information (Including: Name, address, social security number, etc) and school records handed over to a nonprofit community organization.
The Concerned Parents Association fought for the data in federal district court and won over the objections of the California Department of Education.
The nonprofit said it needs the information to see if California schools are violating the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and other related laws. The database it will have access to includes all information on children, kindergarten through high school, who are attending or have attended a California school at any time since Jan. 1, 2008. If you do not want your child's personal information released you have to fill out a form and mail it by April fools day.

One of many links about this story...
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Calif-Student-Information-Released-to-Non-Profit-368556881.html [nbcsandiego.com]

The Concerned Parents Association website...
http://californiaconcernedparents.org/ [californiaconcernedparents.org]
"We are very happy to see such a large response from the community. Unfortunately, a significant number of comments on our Facebook page included profanity, threatening language, or veered off topic."

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