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Each school district shall develop and maintain its policies for providing academic intervention services and shall either post its policies to its website or distribute to parents in writing a description of such process, including a description of which student performance measures and scores on such measures will be utilized to determine eligibility for academic intervention services.

Dissemination of Budget Information: Copies of the proposed annual operating budget for the succeeding year and all required attachments may be obtained by any District resident. Requests for copies of the proposed budget should be made at least seven (7) days before the budget hearing.

Each board of education and board of cooperative educational services shall ensure community awareness of its code of conduct by:

1. posting the complete code of conduct, respectively, on the internet website, including any annual updates to the code and any other amendments to the code;
2. providing copies of a summary of the code of conduct to all students, in an age-appropriate version, written in plain-language, at a school assembly to be held at the beginning of each school year;
3. mailing a plain language summary of the code of conduct to all persons in parental relation to students before the beginning of each school year and making such summary available thereafter upon request;
4. providing each teacher with a copy of the complete code of conduct and a copy of any amendments to the code as soon as practicable following initial adoption or amendment of the code, and providing new teachers with a complete copy of the current code upon their employment; and
5. making complete copies available for review by students, parents or persons in parental relation to students, other school staff and other community members.

Providing that the department and the department of health shall post on their internet websites information relating to mild traumatic brain injuries, which shall include but not be limited to, the definition of a “concussion,” signs and symptoms of mild traumatic brain injuries, how such injuries may occur, and the guidelines for the return to school and to certain school activities after a pupil has suffered a mild traumatic brain injury regardless of whether such injury occurred outside of school. Schools shall be required to include such information in any permission form or parent or person in parental relation consent form or similar document that may be required for a pupil's participation in interscholastic sports and shall also include such information, or reference how to obtain such information from the department and the department of health internet websites, on the school's internet website.

Each educational agency must publish its data security and privacy policy on its website and provide notice of the policy to all its officers and employees. (8 NYCRR 121.5(e)).

Each educational agency must establish and communicate to parents, eligible students, teachers, principals or other staff of an educational agency, its procedures for them to file complaints about breaches or unauthorized releases of student data and/or teacher or principal data. [Interpreted by SED to require that such information be posted on the educational agency’s website.] 8 NYCRR 121.4(a)

Education Law § 2-d requires each educational agency in the State of New York to develop a Parents’ Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security and publish it on its website.

The Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security (Parents' Bill of Rights) and Supplemental Information for each contract where a third party contractor receives student data and/or teacher or principal data. (8 NYCRR § 121.3).

The Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) prohibits harassment against students in school, including harassment based on real or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender, and sex.

Coordinators:
Christine Starks (Title IX/District) 716-926-2210
Katy Berner-Wallen (HS) 716-926-2330
Stacy Conti (MS) 716-926-2402
Julie Schwab (AJS) 716-926-2351
Erich Reidell (JTW) 716-926-2341
Colleen Politowski (HLD) 716-926-2461

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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law, requires that the District, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records.

This District Safety Plan was posted on July 18, 2025. The District Safety Plan is updated annually after feedback from a public comment period.

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This policy provides a framework as to how the District will foster DEI in its schools. This policy considers the entirety of the educational process by addressing the following essential elements: governance; teaching and learning; family and community engagement; workforce diversity; diverse schools and learning opportunities; and student supports, discipline, and wellness.

The District will ensure that the name and contact information for the Foster Care Liaison are:
a) Submitted to SED;
b) Provided, in writing, to the point of contact for any LDSS known by the District to have students in its custody; and
c) Posted on the District website.

Information and district policies regarding the annual evaluation of teachers, principals, and other school personnel.

Each school district shall annually provide notification to parents and students of the benefits and the opportunities within the district of participating in advanced courses. Such notification shall include:

1. the benefits of participating in advanced courses;
2. a description of the advanced courses offered by the school district in middle and high school and how to prepare for and enroll in them;
3. a description of the advanced courses to be offered by the school district in the following school year;
4. a description of the academic and non-academic support the school district provides to help students succeed in advanced courses, as well as any financial assistance available to reduce or eliminate any costs associated with participation in advanced courses, including but not limited to related fees, supplies, and assessments.

Notification shall be provided electronically or by mail and be posted on the website of the school district.

Each educational agency or institution shall annually notify parents of students currently in attendance, or eligible students currently in attendance, of their rights under FERPA.
The notice must inform parents or eligible students that they have the right to:

1. Inspect and review the student's education records;
2. Seek amendment of the student's education records that the parent or eligible student believes to be inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student's privacy rights;
3. Consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student's education records, except to the extent that the Act and § 99.31 authorize disclosure without consent; and
4. File with the Department a complaint under §§ 99.63 and 99.64 concerning alleged failures by the educational agency or institution to comply with the requirements of the Act and this part.

The notice must include all of the following:

1. The procedure for exercising the right to inspect and review education records.
2. The procedure for requesting amendment of records under § 99.20.
3. If the educational agency or institution has a policy of disclosing education records under § 99.31(a)(1), a specification of criteria for determining who constitutes a school official and what constitutes a legitimate educational interest.

An educational agency or institution may provide this notice by any means that are reasonably likely to inform the parents or eligible students of their rights.

• An educational agency or institution shall effectively notify parents or eligible students who are disabled.
• An agency or institution of elementary or secondary education shall effectively notify parents who have a primary or home language other than English.

Public Officers Law § 87 requires that each public agency that maintains a website must post information related to FOIL on its website. This information must include, at a minimum:

1. the contact information for the persons from whom records of the agency may be obtained (i.e., the Records Access Officer);
2. the contact information for the person from whom the records of the agency may be obtained (i.e., the Records Retention Officer);
3. the times and places such records are available for inspection and copying;
4. information on how to request records in person, by mail, and, if the agency accepts requests for records electronically, by e-mail; and
5. a link to the website of the committee on open government.

Each school district shall adopt a grade promotion and placement policy and annually notify the parents and persons in parental relation to the students attending such district of such policy along with an explanation of how the policy was developed.

(a) All contracts entered into for the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four school year, and thereafter, to provide, maintain and operate cafeteria or restaurant service by a private food service management company shall include provisions requiring such private food service management company to disclose ingredients lists and nutritional information to school districts for all meals that such company provides. The private food service management company shall be required to consolidate nutritional information for any meal that is comprised of separate individual ingredients. School districts and boards of cooperative educational services shall have no responsibility to provide nutritional information except pursuant to subdivision b of this section.

(b) All ingredients lists and nutritional information provided to school districts shall be published and publicly shared on such school district's website.

Any school district that establishes and maintains an insurance reserve fund to make expenditures from such reserve fund for any loss, claim, action, or judgment for which the school district is authorized or required to purchase or maintain insurance for the kinds of risks for which insurance is authorized pursuant to paragraph three of subsection (a) of section eleven hundred thirteen of the insurance law, pursuant to section six-n of the general municipal law or any other chapter of law, shall make all reserve fund transactions transparent to the public by adopting a written insurance reserve fund policy, to be posted on the school district's website.

Each school district shall:
(a) designate an appropriate staff person, who may also be a coordinator for other Federal programs, as a local educational agency McKinney-Vento liaison for homeless children and youth to carry out the duties described in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015.

Such duties shall include but not be limited to:

1. ensuring that parents and guardians and unaccompanied youths are fully informed of all transportation services, including transportation to and from the school of origin and are assisted in assessing transportation services; and
2. ensuring that public notice of the educational rights of homeless children and youths is disseminated in locations frequented by parents or guardians of such youth, and unaccompanied homeless youths, including schools, shelters, public libraries, and soup kitchens, in a manner and form that is understandable.

The District is committed to creating and maintaining an environment which is free from discrimination and harassment. This policy addresses sexual harassment of students. It is just one component of the District's overall commitment to maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free educational and work environment.

All staff members and community residents shall be informed of the availability of information received by the District pursuant to Megan's Law upon written request to the applicable Building Principal or District Office.

The New York State report card for each public school, charter school, and school district shall be prepared by the Education Department.

To satisfy the local report card requirements, each report card for a local educational agency shall be placed on the website of the local educational agency. Each public school principal, within 30 calendar days of the commissioner's release of such reports, copies of the New York State report card for the school and the district report card to the parent of each student. A district may add any other appropriate information, including but not limited to measures of school climate and safety; access to specific learning opportunities, such as physical education; and teacher turnover and absences.

Such additional information also must be distributed to the parent of each student and must be made widely available through public means, such as posting on the Internet, distribution through the media, and distribution through public agencies. To the extent practicable, the district or charter school shall provide the report and additional information in a language that the parents can understand (e.g, in the most frequently used languages in the district).

Minutes of meetings of all public bodies shall be available to the public in accordance with the provisions of the freedom of information law within two weeks from the date of such meeting except that minutes taken pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall be available to the public within one week from the date of the executive session. If the agency in which a public body functions maintains a regularly and routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection, such minutes shall be posted on the website within two weeks from the date of such meeting except that minutes taken pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall be available to the public within one week from the date of the executive session.

The Evans-Brant (Lake Shore) Central School District is committed to protecting the privacy and security of student data and teacher and principal data. In accordance with New York Education Law Section 2-d and its implementing regulations, the District informs the school community of the following parental rights.

The Evans-Brant (Lake Shore) Central School District is committed to protecting the privacy and security of student data and teacher and principal data. In accordance with New York Education Law Section 2-d and its implementing regulations, the District informs the school community of the following parental rights.

Each school district shall develop district-wide and building-level comprehensive developmental school counseling/guidance plans.

Such district and building level plans shall be developed by or under the direction of certified school counselor(s) and be updated annually, available for review at the district offices and each school building, and made available on the district's website.

Each plan shall be developed annually and shall include program objectives, activities, program development and maintenance planning, school counseling curriculum, professional learning planning, evaluation methods based on data analysis of program results and closing the gap analysis reports to inform program improvement, and assessment of the resources necessary to support positive student outcomes.

Each plan shall also include the preparation of a program outcomes report that includes an analysis of all systematic components of a comprehensive developmental school counseling/guidance program. Such report shall be annually presented to the board of education.

The District is committed to creating and maintaining an environment which is free from discrimination and harassment. This policy addresses sexual harassment of students. It is just one component of the District's overall commitment to maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free educational and work environment.

New York State Labor Law requires all employers to adopt a sexual harassment prevention policy that includes a complaint form for employees to report alleged incidents of sexual harassment.

Such sexual harassment prevention policy shall be provided to all employees in writing in English and in the language identified by each employee as the primary language of such employee, at the time of hiring and at every annual sexual harassment prevention training provided pursuant to subdivision two of this section, a notice containing such employer's sexual harassment prevention policy and the information presented at such employer's sexual harassment prevention training program.

In choosing Lake Shore Central School District, you will be a part of a district that is committed to high standards and continuous improvement. Commitment and quality are evident in the focus on students developing their potential. May your children have a wonderful and enriching school experience in Lake Shore.

The Central District Registrar is located in the district office at 959 Beach Road, Angola, NY 14006. Families new to the district should register their child(ren) as soon as possible. Registrations are by appointment only. Please schedule an appointment to register your child by calling the district registrar at (716) 926-2217.

The commissioner shall review the information developed by the commissioner of health required by subdivision thirty-one of section two hundred six of the public health law to assist in the education and awareness of the signs and symptoms of a pending or increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest.

In the course of complying with its obligations under the law and providing educational services to District residents, the Evans-Brant (Lake Shore) Central School District has entered into agreements with certain third-party contractors. Pursuant to these agreements, third-party contractors may have access to "student data" and/or "teacher or principal data," as those terms are defined by law and regulation.

Each contract or other written agreement that the District enters into with a third-party contractor where the third-party contractor receives student data or teacher or principal data from the District will include the Parents’ Bill of Rights and the following supplemental information:

1. the exclusive purposes for which the data will be used,
2. how the contractor will ensure that any subcontractors it uses will abide by data protection and security requirements,
3. when the contract expires and what happens to the data at that time,
4. if and how an affected party can challenge the accuracy of the data,
5. where the data will be stored, and
6. the security protections taken to ensure the data will be protected, including whether the data will be encrypted.

Compliance information, contacts, and sexual harassment prevention and complaint procedures as dictated under federal Title IX regulations.

Lake Shore Central School District parents, eligible students (students who are at least 18 years of age or attending a postsecondary institution at any age), principals, teachers, and employees of an educational agency may file a complaint about a possible breach or improper disclosure of student data and/or protected teacher or principal data.