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What is NYC AC § 21-983?

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This section outlines the confidentiality requirements for reporting information related to student incidents, emphasizing compliance with federal, state, and local privacy laws. It mandates data suppression methods when reporting numbers that could reveal personally identifiable information. Applies to entities handling student information in accordance with educational privacy laws.

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§ 21-983 Confidentiality requirements.

AC § 21-983

No information that is otherwise required to be reported pursuant to this chapter shall be reported in a manner that would violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law relating to the privacy of student information, including but not limited to restrictions with respect to personally identifiable information in education records set forth in section 1232g of title 20 of the United States code, or that would interfere with law enforcement investigations or otherwise conflict with the interests of law enforcement. If (i) the total number of students or incidents within a non-disaggregated category contains from one through five students or incidents, (ii) the total number of students or incidents within a disaggregated category, or reported pursuant to paragraph four of subdivision a of section 21-984, contains from zero through five students or incidents; or (iii) the total number of students or incidents within a category, whether or not disaggregated, contains an amount that would allow another category, whether or not disaggregated, that contains from one through five students or incidents to be deduced, then the number of students or incidents shall be replaced with a symbol or shall be subject to some other form of data suppression. (Am. L.L. 2015/093, 10/13/2015, eff. 1/1/2016; Am. L.L. 2018/063, 1/19/2018, eff. 10/16/2018) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2015/093.

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