SCHOOL DATA REQUESTED ON STUDENT SUICIDE WITHOUT PARENT APPROVAL~ALEX NEWMAN & DR. DUKE PESTA DISCUSS
In an effort to perform a “psychological autopsy” to learn more about
what went wrong, authorities in Utah are seeking to gather highly
sensitive and private data from schools about children in the state who
have committed suicide. To get it, health officials want an agreement
with education officials.
Better understanding child suicide may sound like a noble effort. But
critics of the proposal, as written, have a big problem with it: Right
now, there is no requirement for parental consent prior to the release
of records. It is part of a troubling nationwide pattern of government
increasingly sidelining parents and trampling on parental rights,
according to critics.
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