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Data collection sparks privacy concerns

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Montana's Office of Public Instruction has begun collecting information — including medical data — on students with disabilities, raising some confidentiality concerns among school officials."I don't have any problem submitting this data to the state, but it's wrong to associate it with an individual student by name," said Doug Sullivan, superintendent of schools in Sidney.In addition to a list of the physical and emotional disabilities students have, Sullivan also is concerned that the state requires general income information by asking which students are eligible for a subsidized school lunch, Sullivan said.

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