FERPA Compliance Center

District-wide guardrails for using AI assistants responsibly. Read the data privacy tier system before launching any Gem.

Data Privacy Tier Legend

Green — Safe for General Text

Lesson plans and unit objectives
Generic assessment items
Professional development agendas

Yellow — Anonymized School Metrics Only

Aggregated, anonymized counts
School-level metrics with no names
De-identified trend summaries

Red — Never Input Student PII

Never paste student names or IDs
Never paste IEP, 504, or medical text
Never paste grades tied to a student

District Guardrail Principles

Run inside the district domain

Every approved Gem operates within Meridian USD's secure Gemini Workspace tenant, not on personal accounts.

Tier before you type

Check a Gem's privacy tier badge before entering any data. When in doubt, de-identify first.

No student PII in AI prompts

Student names, identifiers, IEP content, health, and disciplinary records must never be entered into any AI tool.

Human review stays in the loop

AI output is a draft. Educators verify accuracy, standards alignment, and appropriateness before use.