Nearly 70 schools in the state of Missouri have enacted policies stating that districts are not required to disclose conversations about “academics and personal issues” between students and teachers or counselors to the student’s parent or guardian.
The policy, based on a sample provided by the Missouri School Board Association, was adopted by at least 68 Missouri school districts at the end of 2020 or the start of 2021, Fox News reported.
Specifically, it states that “there are many situations in which school employees will meet with individual students,” and that “school counselors meet with students to discuss academics and personal issues, teachers often discuss academic performance with students, and school officials meet with students when investigating disciplinary violations.”…