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Missouri Education Watchdog: Bill Allows Parental Access to Data Mined Student Records

Missouri Education Watchdog: Bill Allows Parental Access to Data Mined Student Records:


Bill Allows Parental Access to Data Mined Student Records

Here are details of a New Hampshire bill (HB1139) allowing parental access on the data mining and records of their children.  From gencourt.state.nh.us:


This bill allows a parent, legal guardian, or person who is 18 years of age or older to have access to the unique pupil identifier and related information in the data warehouse.

224:1 Unique Pupil Identification; Availability. Amend RSA 193-E:5, I(b) to read as follows:
 (b) The random number generator shall make available to each early childhood program, district, or postsecondary institution a unique pupil identifier for each pupil pursuing an education in a New Hampshire early childhood program, district, or postsecondary institution. The unique pupil identifier itself shall not permit pupil identification within a