{"id":7415,"date":"2023-08-13T23:44:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T06:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notinourschools.net\/?p=7415"},"modified":"2023-08-13T23:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T06:44:35","slug":"permission-slips-mandatory-for-student-surveys-not-so-says-mesa-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notinourschools.net\/permission-slips-mandatory-for-student-surveys-not-so-says-mesa-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Permission Slips Mandatory for Student Surveys? Not So Says Mesa Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is a little known statute in Arizona regarding student surveys adminstered in public schools. Many corporations develop and sell education materials, and often that includes surveys. It sounds like a good idea to take the temperature of the classroom, but the motive behind the surveys and how they will be used is of concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mesa Public Schools, the largest school district in Arizona, is administering what they think is a benign survey this week. Let’s take a look at the statute<\/a> which pertains to surveys in public or charter schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administration sent parents an email notifying them of the survey and said there are no Arizona laws being broken. It appears there are a few questions which fall under the yellow highlighted areas in the above statute. Here is the survey Mesa is having students fill out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n