The Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) provides funding for this program as part of its mission to help you assist your child reach his or her full potential. Many of our programs are run by community-based organizations. We work to make sure the services you and your children receive are of the highest quality. DYCD is requesting your permission to allow us to collect information we need on your child, their participation and the quality of the services provided.
What information from your child’s student records is DYCD requesting?
We are requesting your permission for the New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) to share personally identifiable information from your child’s student records with DYCD. The information we would like to collect consists of biographical and enrollment information (specifically consisting of your child’s name, address, date of birth, student identification number, grade, school(s) attended and transfer, discharge, and graduation data about your child); data concerning your child’s school attendance (including number of days attended and absences); and academic performance data (including your child’s results on state and national exams, credits earned, grades, promotion and retention status, and fitnessgram score); and data related to any disciplinary actions taken against your child (including number and type of suspensions).
We are requesting to collect the information listed above about your child on a past, present and future (i.e., ongoing) basis.
We are also requesting your permission for DYCD to share information we collect on the enrollment form from you and/or your child with NYCPS staff. The information includes registration information, student’s interests and challenges, type of program enrolled-in and frequency of participation. This information will be used to help the school and community organization work together to meet you and your child’s needs.
Who will see my child’s information and how will it be safeguarded?
The only people who will see your child’s individual information are DYCD and NYCPS staff who manage the data systems and prepare research reports and program analyses. The limited number of DYCD staff identified to receive personal information is screened, and provided extensive training to follow strict guidelines on protecting the confidentiality of information that would personally identify you or your child. Personally identifiable information collected from student records will only be shared electronically between NYCPS and DYCD and will be secured and protected in the DYCD database. Personally identifiable information will not be shared with any community-based organizations or their staff members. We will not use your name or your child’s name in any published report. While we request your consent, your responses to the below requests will not affect your child’s participation in DYCD sponsored programs.
Please check Yes or No to each of the following statements: