FOIA Response: Fairfax County Public Schools' 2025 "Assurance of Compliance" Letter
FCPS' 2025 assurance of compliance, which VDOE later cited in its 2025 assurance of compliance letter to U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office
Agency:
Virginia Department of Education (FOIA Response #25-391)
Fee:
No fee charged
FOIA Filer:
Callie Oettinger
FOIA Request and Time Period:
FOIA request filed: June 23, 2025
FOIA response received: July 10, 2025
Timeline extension: June 30, 2025, VDOE emailed the following:
“This email is in response to your FOIA request. The VDOE anticipates that it will not be practically possible to provide the requested records within the five-work-day period allowed by FOIA due to staff commitments; therefore we are invoking the additional seven working days allowed by Section 2.2-3704 B.4 of the Virginia FOIA. The VDOE's revised due date to respond is July 10, 2025.”
Specific FOIA request:
"This is a FOIA request.
“I request Fairfax County Public Schools' certification to VDOE of FERPA compliance, as required by SPPO.
“I request all public records VDOE has that relate to VDOE's continued monitoring of Fairfax County Public Schools for failure to secure educational records.”