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BACKGROUND The Pacific Library Partnership, a consortium of Northern California libraries, started a pilot project in 2016 to enable the sharing of student contact information between public libraries and public schools in order to allow student identification cards to function as library cards. The ultimate goal is to provide additional resources to students by providing access to both school and public library resources with a single card. Eleven libraries were part of this pilot project and all are launching some form of data sharing this school year. The Pleasanton Public Library has taken best practices from these pilot libraries to start a pilot with PUSD during the 2017/18 school year. The Pleasanton Public Library team began conversations with the Pleasanton Unified School District in May 2017 to determine interest in this type of data sharing for student success. There was high interest on the part of the school district staff and the two teams have continued to work through logistical issues over the summer. Due to the large number of PUSD students and school sites, it was determined that the first phase of the pilot would use the freshman class at Amador Valley High School. As different schools use different student ID card vendors, it was important for the library to choose a school that imprinted barcodes on the ID cards. Moreover, Amador is the located within walking and biking distance to the Library. The City Council originally adopted this MOU on consent at the September 5, 2017, City Council meeting. The MOU then went before the PUSD Board on September 12, 2017. DISCUSSION This memorandum of understanding was discussed by the PUSD Board at their September 12, 2017, Board meeting. During discussion and public comment, concern was expressed for the protection of student data, given the recent data breaches which affected sensitive personal data nation-wide. The PUSD Board discussed the pros and cons of the different methods of securing parental consent for student data sharing. The opt-out method is understood to create a larger number of student participants, which is ideal for a pilot project. The opt-in method allows for greater parental control over the sharing of student data. The PUSD Board decided to run the pilot with an opt-in consent process. This resulted in a change to the wording in section IB of the MOU from opt-out to opt-in. In order to capture a greater number of participants for the pilot project, the school district and the public library will combine efforts to create messaging for parents regarding the project and the opportunity to opt-in. Additionally, PUSD will engage teachers to encourage participation from their students. Because of these activities, we have reason to believe we will have a large enough pilot group to assess the program and make improvements for next school year. This agreement will return to the City Council and the PUSD Board prior to the next school year for extension or modification. The goal for the project is to expand it to all students in PUSD and include parental consent documentation in the students' registration packets. Page 2 of 3