Federal regulations prevent local districts from disclosing COVID-19 case details

Administrators at Cushing Public Schools fi nd themselves between a rock and a hard place when it comes to balancing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and keeping parents and students informed of any developments regarding COVID-19 among students, faculty and staff .

"It’s very diffi cult to put any specifi c information out there because we would be in violation of FERPA laws,”…