Miss. Code. tit. 7, pt. 10, PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS
All data collected as part of the identification process are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Parents must be notified of their rights under FERPA. It is the obligation of the local district to ensure that parents understand these rights.
All information/data collected as part of the identification process shall be placed in an individual eligibility file for each student. These files and the information contained therein shall not be placed in the student's cumulative record folder. The files shall be maintained in a separate locked storage facility/file cabinet, and access to the information shall be restricted to those personnel working directly with the identification process, working directly in the gifted education program, or that have a documented need to know.
Once the referral process begins, parents must be informed of the information/data that is collected. Parents shall have access to these records. Each district shall have a policy that establishes the process that parents shall adhere to when requesting to access these files. Parents shall be made aware of their rights to an explanation of the results of the Assessment Team Report.
Miss. Code. tit. 7, pt. 10, PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS