U.S. Department of Education Investigates California School Districts Over Student Questionnaires

The U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office has launched investigations into three California school districts—North Monterey County Unified, Palo Alto Unified, and San Francisco Unified—for allegedly violating federal parental rights laws. The districts reportedly required students to disclose personal family details without parental consent as part of a newly mandated Ethnic Studies course.