教育部宣布调查加州三学区：学生问卷涉性别与移民身份 家长不知情引争议
华盛顿——美国教育部学生隐私政策办公室 10 月 23 日宣布，对加州三个学区启动调查：North Monterey County 联合学区、Palo Alto 联合学区和 San Francisco 联合学区。教育部指，三个学区在校内向学生发放的问卷涉及性别、性取向、种族、家庭财务状况与移民身份等敏感问题，可能未事先取得家长知情同意。
教育部称，相关问卷中包含所谓「特权量表」一类的题目，要求学生就自身背景作答。教育部将调查这些做法是否违反《保护学生权利修正案》（PPRA）；该法要求学校在向学生收集敏感个人信息前，须通知家长，并允许家长让孩子退出。
教育部长 Linda McMahon 表示，家长有权知道学校向孩子提出什么样的问题，并有权选择让孩子退出此类问卷。教育部说，调查正在进行，结论将取决于各学区的具体做法与记录。
本文据美国教育部声明与《纽约邮报》10 月 23 日对该声明的报道综合写成。
来源：GSM·美国
Education Department Opens Investigations Into Three California Districts Over Student Surveys and Parental Consent
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office announced on October 23 that it has opened investigations into three California school districts: North Monterey County Unified, Palo Alto Unified and San Francisco Unified. The department said surveys administered to students in the districts covered sensitive topics including gender, sexual orientation, race, family finances and immigration status, and may have been given without informed parental consent.
According to the department, the surveys included so-called "privilege inventory" questions asking students to respond about their own backgrounds. The investigations will examine whether the practices violated the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), which requires schools to notify parents and allow them to opt their children out before collecting sensitive personal information from students.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said parents have the right to know what questions schools are asking their children and the right to opt them out of such surveys. The department said the investigations are ongoing and that conclusions will depend on each district's practices and records.
This report is based on the Department of Education's statement and the New York Post's October 23 reporting on it.
Source: GSM·America
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