Bob Chiaradio Educates Westerly, RI School Committee Of The Lawful Application Of Student Surveys With Regards To PPRA

Bob Chiaradio exposes attempts to silence his testimony and that of others because the truth and facts are being brought to light in contrast to the sugary coating applied to the school department’s direction to separate the child from the parent.

Mr. Chiaradio also discusses the ACTIVE CONSENT component of the U.S Department of Education’s PPRA (Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment) which states student surveys will have the opt-in (parent must give consent) vs. opt-out (parent not notified) prior consent to the student taking the survey. This would hinder and possibly negate any attempts by the NEA, RIASC or NEARI to collect data on students.

The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) applies to the programs and activities of a state education agency (SEA), local education agency (LEA), or other recipient of funds under any program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It governs the administration to students of a survey, analysis, or evaluation that concerns one or more of the following eight protected areas:

1. political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent;
2. mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s family;
3. sex behavior or attitudes;
4. illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
5. critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships;
6. legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers;
7. religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or student’s parent; or
8. income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program).

PPRA also concerns marketing surveys and other areas of student privacy, parental access to information, and the administration of certain physical examinations to minors. The rights under PPRA transfer from the parents to a student who is 18 years old or an emancipated minor under state law.