Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

The School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, or age in its programs, services, activities or in its hiring and employment practices. School Board Policy 1122 ensures equal opportunity for all in its personnel policies and practices.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding Title IX nondiscrimination regulations and requirements: Charles W. Raburn, General Manager of Employee Relations, Title IX Coordinator. 813-272-4227; charles.raburn@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Division of Human Resources, 901 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, Florida 33602.

Pursuant to proviso language for the State Board of Education's budget, immediately preceding Item 116, Laws of Florida, the Florida Department of Education began providing access to school district Annual Financial Reports and Summary Budgets on the Transparency Florida website on August 1, 2010.

HCPS collects your Social Security Number for the following purposes:
Identification and verification, employment qualification, tax reporting, benefits and retirement processing, unemployment compensation, and state reporting to the Department of Education. Social security numbers are also used as a unique numeric identification within some of our systems and may be used for search purposes.

The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by Congress to address concerns about access to offensive content over the Internet on school and library computers.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.