[jentulman]

"And students cannot incriminate themselves because, even if the district shared the information with police, police can't prosecute based on that, he said. They are only allowed to arrest students if they are harming other students, such as in a fight, or if the student is in possession of drugs or alcohol, Barshinger said."

I'm not saying that the school had anything but the best intentions, but It does give them a bit of a head start in targeting certain pupils should the school wish find a reason to remove a few bad apples.

[nsxwolf]

And we're all just taking his word for it, and it's not the only potential for abuse of this information. Why should we trust the school or the private company is handling these non-anonymized surveys properly? What's the chain of custody?

Could these surveys ever come up in any kind of background check?

Their answer is don't worry about it, trust us.

[vaadu]

The administrator that said this is naive. Admitting to a crime is self-incrimination regardless if it can be held against you or not. Maybe the county or school system won't hold it against you but what stops the state or feds from prosecuting you?

You should always talk to a lawyer before admitting anything incriminating.