Lege Trend. 5 Benefits of Student Data Protection Legislation. Procurement. Contracts Impacted.

Connecticut passed student data privacy legislation in 2016.

A group of mothers who started the push for student data privacy reform are touting its benefits:

• Restricting student information use by contractors providing educational software and electronic storage of student records and by operators of websites, online services, or mobile applications (i.e., apps).
• Clarifying ownership student data collected for school purposes is not owned by any of these third-party contractors.
• Parental Notification. Requiring local boards of education to notify parents when they execute a new contract with a software, data storage, or internet service provider.
• Procurement Contract Requirements. Stipulating data security and privacy provisions that must figure in all contracts between local school districts and software, data storage, and internet service providers.
• Local Control. Requiring school districts to withhold the release of student directory information if the local or regional board of education determines that a request for such information is not related to school purposes.

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