HFM BOCES has been informed by the New York State Education Department that we need to make some changes to the way your students access some Google services. This change is being made state-wide to protect the privacy of student data. Google is not able to sign a Data Privacy Agreement (DPA) for these additional services.
To ensure we meet NYSED requirements, while also giving you time to prepare for the change, services will be disabled on Friday, March 7. Please take this opportunity to get ready for the upcoming transition.
What does this mean for your students?
- Google Core Services (Gmail, Classroom, Drive, Docs, Slides, Forms, Calendar, Sheets, etc.) are unaffected. Students can continue using these applications as usual.
- Google Additional Services (YouTube, Translate, Earth, Photos, etc.) will be disabled for students. This means that they won’t be able to access these services directly. For example, they will not be able to search YouTube for videos on their Chromebook, laptop or school email account, even if the videos are educational.
- These restrictions only apply to student accounts.
- Teachers will still be able to share YouTube videos with them by embedding them into Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Slides or other approved platforms such as EdPuzzle.
- We will not be restricting student access to YouTube, using their personal devices, so long as they are not logged into their school Google account. Students can continue to use YouTube with their personal Google account.
These changes are part of an effort to ensure compliance with Ed Law 2D and reinforce our commitment to student data privacy and security. While we understand this may impact some aspects of classroom technology use, we are confident that these adjustments will have minimal disruption to student learning.
For more details, visit the RIC One Google Resource Hub – https://googleresourcehub.ricone.org/
