Parents/guardians must be informed
if a research project involving their child is to be conducted at the school
and they must be provided with sufficient information about the research to enable
them to give informed consent. Parents/guardians have the right to withhold
permission allowing their child to participate in research studies. Parents/guardians
have the right to withdraw their child at any time from a research project
without reprisal.
Parents/guardians have the right
to request to preview the materials to be used in a research study that
involves their child. Requests to review the Research Materials should be made
with appropriate written advance notification to the school and to the
researcher.
Except in a limited range of
research areas where an Institutional Review Board determines that a waiver of
assent is appropriate, student assent to participation in a research project
must be obtained. If a student reaches the age of consent applicable to the
subject matter of the research project, the student must be given the
opportunity to provide informed consent. Students have the right to withhold
their assent and have the right to withdraw without penalty. Students who are
not participants in research studies may not be singled out in any way or
penalized.