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Boards of education in North Carolina have great latitude in designing their hiring policies. There are no state statutes or regulations to require the boards to advertise or post notices of vacancies, interview any specific number of candidates, or conduct interviews in a certain way. The challenge to the boards is to put in place hiring procedures that increase the likelihood of identifying the best candidates while at the same time decreasing the chances of violating federal antidiscrimination statutes.
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Occasionally, third parties contact local educational agencies (LEAs) requesting permission to conduct research using the students or their educational records. LEAs also may use third parties to conduct research on their students. In these situations protection of the privacy rights of students and students' families comes under federal law--the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA). Rone discusses constitutional issues that may arise when this type of research is conducted and privacy protection policies an LEA may want to enact.
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