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Senate Bill 29 - Monitoring School-Issued Device

Notice of the Board of Education of the Loveland City School District

Monitoring or Accessing Student Activity on School-Issued Device
Required Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code §3319.327

While students have no right or expectation to privacy when using District technology resources, the Board of Education of the Loveland City School District (the “School District”) and its technology providers are prohibited from electronically accessing or monitoring school-issued devices provided to students unless a legal permissible exception exists.  School-issued devices include any hardware, software, devices or accounts that the School District provides to an individual student for that student’s personal use. 

Because electronic accessing or monitoring of school-issued devices can occur, the School District is required to provide parents / guardians of its enrolled students with general notice that such electronic access and/or monitoring may occur in accordance with legally permissible reasons. 

The School District and its technology providers electronically access or monitor your student’s school-issued devices for the following statutory reasons: 

  1. Activity that is limited to non-commercial educational purposes for instruction, technical support, or exam proctoring by School District employees or staff contracted by the District. 
  2. Pursuant to a judicial warrant or subpoena
  3. Notification or awareness that the student-issued District device is lost or stolen. 
  4. Activity is necessary to respond to a threat to life or safety. The access is limited to this purpose alone. 
  5. Compliance with federal and/or state laws. 
  6. Required as part of a federal or state funding program. 

As part of this notice, the School District is providing you with advance notice that it and/or one of its technology providers intends to electronically access or monitor your student’s school-issued devices for reason #1 above.  This electronic access or monitoring can only occur when advance notice is provided, and it shall not be done for any reason other than educational purposes as outlined.

If one of the circumstances in reasons #2 through #4 are triggered and the School District initiates responsive action to electronically access your student's school-issued device, the District will provide you with a 72-hour notice of what features of the device were accessed, a written description of the triggering circumstances, and description of the threat, if any. If the notice itself could pose a threat to life or safety, the 72-hour notice will be provided within 72-hours after the threat has ended. 

SB29 Data Collection Notice

Notice to Parents and Students Regarding Curriculum, Testing, and Assessment Technology Providers

Senate Bill 29 (SB29) Compliance Notification
Date: July 31st, 2025

Dear Parents and Students,

In accordance with Ohio Senate Bill 29 (SB29), Loveland School District is required to notify families by August 1st of each school year regarding any curriculum, testing, or assessment technology provider contracts that may affect a student’s educational records.

This notice fulfills the legal obligation to inform both students and parents or guardians via direct communication (mail, email, or other direct forms of contact) and includes the following information:

Curriculum, Testing, and Assessment Technology Providers:
The following providers have active contracts and/or additional data privacy agreements with Loveland City School District that may affect student educational records during the 2025-2026 school year: https://sdpc.a4l.org/district_listing.php?districtID=4867 

The link above addresses the types of student educational records that may be accessed or processed by these providers, and will remain up-to-date as additional contracts and agreements are added. 

Contract Inspection, Additional Requests, or Concerns:
Parents and students may inspect or request access to the contracts between the school district and each provider listed. Additionally, please do not hesitate to reach out regarding any questions, concerns, or information regarding how curriculum, testing, or assessment technology providers may access or use your child’s educational records. To contact the district regarding these matters, please contact our Director of Technology and Innovation, Adam Samuels, at samuelad@lovelandschools.org.

We are committed to ensuring transparency in our educational partnerships and the protection of your child’s educational privacy.

Sincerely,

Mike Broadwater

Michael R Broadwater Signature

Superintendent 

Loveland City School District