• Technology Providers Notice, August 2024
Per Senate Bill 29 (SB29), school districts must provide families with an annual notice of the technology providers it contracts with affecting a student’s educational records. The Bay Village Schools list of providers includes: Connect, the Educational Service Center (ESC) of Northeast Ohio and College Board. These contracts have been vetted by the administration and the district legal team for compliance with district policy, as well as alignment to state and federal student data privacy laws. A copy of these contracts is available upon request to the Director of Technology, Brian Reynolds.
• General Monitoring of School-Issued Devices, October 2024
Please be aware that the District, either directly or through a technology provider, will generally monitor all school-issued devices (as that term is defined by R.C. 3319.325). The monitoring will include the following features: location tracking and student interactions with school-issued devices (e.g., keystrokes and web-browsing activity). The District generally monitors these features for the noncommercial education purpose of instruction, technical support, and/or exam proctoring. Additionally, these features are generally monitored as a necessary precaution for preventing and/or responding to threats to life or safety.
Please note: The District has not implemented any new or changed monitoring services. This notice is a new requirement per Ohio Senate Bill 29 (“SB29”) that was passed by the Ohio General Assembly at the end of June 2024, was signed by Governor DeWine on July 24, 2024 and becomes effective on October 24, 2024.