AHERA
Legal Notices
AHERA (ASBESTOS HAZARD EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT OF 1986) COMPLIANCE
Lebanon Special School District has a management plan for the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 on file in the Office of the Director of Schools, 397 North Castle Heights Avenue, Lebanon, Tennessee. This plan has been inspected by the State of Tennessee and all deficiencies and inspections have been approved. Anyone wishing to preview this document can contact the Office of the Director of Schools and set up an appointment. The phone number is (615) 449-6060.
Lebanon Special School District has a management plan for the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 on file in the Office of the Director of Schools, 397 North Castle Heights Avenue, Lebanon, Tennessee. This plan has been inspected by the State of Tennessee and all deficiencies and inspections have been approved. Anyone wishing to preview this document can contact the Office of the Director of Schools and set up an appointment. The phone number is (615) 449-6060.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Annual Notice of Student Education Record Privacy
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive federal funds. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their child’s education records. When a student reaches the age of 18 or attends a post-secondary school or college, the parent’s rights transfer to the student and the student is then an “eligible student” under the law.
Under FERPA, parents and eligible students have the following rights:
- To inspect and review the student’s education records maintained by the school within 45 days of the school’s receipt of written request. The request should identify the records being inspected. The school is not required to provide copies of the records and may charge a fee if copies are requested. The following staff person may be contacted to seek access to your child’s record:
- Name of Staff: Principal or Assistant Principal or designee of the school, which has your child enrolled.
- To request that a school correct records believed to be inaccurate or misleading. The request must be in writing and clearly specify: (a) the part of the record requesting to be changed, and (b) why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the school decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student has the right to a hearing. After the hearing, if the school still decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student has the right to place a statement in the record about the contested information. The school is not required to consider request for grade or disciplinary decisions, opinions of school officials in the education record, or the child’s special education determination. The following staff person may be contacted to request an amendment to your child’s record:
- Name of Staff: Principal or Assistant Principal of the school, which has your child enrolled:
- To control disclosure of their child’s personally identifiable information from their education record. Parents may request that the school, with certain exceptions, obtain their written consent prior to the disclosure of student information. An exception, which permits disclosure without consent, is disclosure to school staff with legitimate educational interests, such as a person employed by the district; a person serving on the school board; a person or company with whom the district has contracted to perform a special task (such as attorney, auditor, or therapist); or a parent or student serving on an official committee, such as a grievance or disciplinary committee or assisting another school official; and/or official of another school district in which a student seeks to enroll. A school official has legitimate education interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill a professional responsibility.
- To file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the school district to comply with requirements of FERPA at the following address:
- Family Policy Compliance Office
- U.S. Department of Education
- 400 Maryland Avenue SW
- Washington, DC 20202-4605
- Within the System, for students, or parents or guardian of students, the steps of appeal for a solution are:
- Any professional employee, immediate supervising teacher, homeroom teacher, counselor, or Student Resource Officer
- The school principal
- The Director of Schools Office, 397 North Castle Heights Avenue, Lebanon, TN, 37087, (615) 449-6060
- The Grievance Review Board
- The Board of Education
Section 504
In compliance with state and federal law, the Lebanon Special School District will provide to each protected student with a disabling condition or disorder without discrimination or cost to the student or family, those related aids, services or accommodations which are needed to provide equal opportunity to participate in and obtain the benefits of the school program and extracurricular activities to the maximum extent appropriate to the student’s abilities. In order to qualify as a protected student with a disabling condition or disorder, the child must be of school age with a physical or mental disabling condition or disorder, which substantially limits/could limit or prohibits/could prohibit participation in or access to a major life activity.
In compliance with state and federal law, the Lebanon Special School District will provide to each protected student with a disabling condition or disorder without discrimination or cost to the student or family, those related aids, services or accommodations which are needed to provide equal opportunity to participate in and obtain the benefits of the school program and extracurricular activities to the maximum extent appropriate to the student’s abilities. In order to qualify as a protected student with a disabling condition or disorder, the child must be of school age with a physical or mental disabling condition or disorder, which substantially limits/could limit or prohibits/could prohibit participation in or access to a major life activity.
These services and protections for “protected students who are disabled” are distinct from those applicable to all eligible or exceptional students enrolled (or seeking enrollment) in special education programs.
For further information on the evaluation procedures and provision of services to protected handicapped students, contact your school’s principal or the Section 504 Compliance Officer, Taylor McElroy, at (615) 449-6060.