The district uses data to support a variety of processes throughout the district including supporting student learning, evaluating teachers, improving instructional and operational practices, and complying with various state and federal requirements.

In addition to this data, some student Personal Identification Information (PII) is sent to the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). This is available through CDE's Ed Data Portal.

CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) has awarded Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District the national Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Seal. Boulder Valley earned the Seal for taking measureable steps to strengthen the privacy of their students’ data.

Specifically, they have demonstrated effective student data privacy practices in the following areas:

• Leadership, by managing and collaborating with stakeholders regarding the use and governance of student data to inform instruction.
• Business, by establishing acquisition vetting processes and contracts that, at minimum, address applicable compliance with laws while supporting innovation.
• Data security, by performing regular audits of data privacy and security practices and publicly detailing these measures.
• Professional development, by requiring school staff to conduct privacy and security training and offering related resources to all stakeholders in the community.
• Classroom, by implementing educational procedures and processes to ensure transparency while advancing curricular goals.

Learn more about the TLE Seal Program at: trustedlearning.org

Read more about BVSD's approach to data privacy here.

DATA PROTECTION ADDENDUMS

Since December 2014 the District has required vendors to sign a Data Protection Addendum (DPA) to prohibit student data mining or targeting marketing while requiring industry standards for encryption and security. As new district-wide contracts are signed and old contracts are renewed, the Data Protection Addendum is put into place. The goal is to ensure that all vendors are either subject to a negotiated contract with the Data Protection Addendum or covered by new state or federal legislation regulating vendor practices. ​

APPROVED DPA VENDOR LIST

The Approved DPA Vendor List provides the names of vendors who have signed BVSD's Data Protection Addendum (DPA). We require that vendors sign the DPA if they have a negotiated contract.

FEDERAL PRIVACY LAWS

SDTSA- Colorado Student Data Transparency & Security Act (HB 16-1423)

CIPA - Children's Internet Protection Act

COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

​FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

• Data Privacy & Security
• Data Inventory of elements collected within CDE's student data system
• Data Dictionary

OTHER RESOURCES

• U.S. Department of Education Protecting Student Privacy Site
• 5 Critical Guidelines for Ensuring Data Privacy in your Use of Technology
• Privacy from the Office of Educational Technology