2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 72 SCHOOLS
Article 63 STUDENT RECORDS
72-6316 Tests, questionnaires, surveys or examinations; certain questions prohibited; school counselor exception.
72-6316. Tests, questionnaires, surveys or examinations; certain questions prohibited; school counselor exception. No test, questionnaire, survey or examination containing any questions about the student's personal beliefs or practices on issues such as sex, family life, morality or religion, or any questions about the student's parents' or guardians' beliefs and practices on issues such as sex, family life, morality or religion, shall be administered to any student enrolled in kindergarten or grades one through 12, unless the parent or guardian of the student is notified in writing that this test, questionnaire, survey or examination is to be administered and the parent or guardian of the student gives written permission for the student to take this test, questionnaire, survey or examination. This section shall not prohibit school counselors from providing counseling services to a student, including the administration of tests and forms which are part of a counselor's student counseling services. Any information obtained through such tests or counseling services shall not be stored on any personal mobile electronic device which is not owned by the school district, including but not limited to, laptops, tablets, phones, flash drives, external hard drives or virtual servers.
History: L. 2014, ch. 124, § 5; July 1.
