Student Data Privacy
The CoSN Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Seal Program is a nationally recognized distinction awarded to school systems that demonstrate strong student data privacy practices. Districts earning the TLE Seal must implement specific privacy requirements and show, through documented policies and procedures, that they maintain a comprehensive program to protect students’ personal information. To retain this distinction, recipients must commit to continuous improvement and complete a recertification process every two years.
Deer Park Independent School District (DPISD) was originally awarded the CoSN Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Seal on August 30, 2023. We are proud to share that DPISD successfully renewed its TLE Seal in February 2026, reaffirming the district’s ongoing commitment to safeguarding student data privacy and security.
• Leadership, by providing the guidance, frameworks, and resources to direct the use and governance of student data in a manner that is transparent to stakeholders.
• Business, by establishing vetting processes and contracts for technology providers that address data protection requirements while supporting innovation.
• Data security, by implementing practices to help protect the confidentiality of student data across all media and auditing regularly to uphold those practices over time.
• Professional development, by requiring privacy and security training for all staff and offering related resources to community stakeholders.
• Classroom, by implementing educational procedures and processes to support transparency and build privacy knowledge while advancing curricular goals.
But the type of data collected, and who can access them, is different at each point.
The Texas Records Exchange (TREx) system is a web-based software application designed for the exchange of electronic student records as mandated by the 79th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2006 (House Bill 1). Using the TREx application, school registrars can electronically request and receive student records for students who have attended or will be attending Texas public schools. High school registrars and counselors can electronically create and send official student transcripts to Texas public colleges and universities using TREx to access the SPEEDE server. Texas Records Exchange (TREx), Texas Student Data System (TSDS)