Student Privacy Rights Bill Filed in Washington State
Stop Common Core in Washington reportedthat there has been a bill pre-filed in Washington State that addresses student privacy rights – HB 2783 by State Representative Elizabeth Scott (R-Monroe). The bill is not up on the Washington Legislature website, but you can read it and download it here. It’s a first step toward protecting student privacy in the Evergreen State. Below are the highlights of the bill provided by Stop Common Core in Washington:- Requires the Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee to:
- Conduct a detailed analysis of documents and agreements by the OSPI, OFM, and school districts related to collection, sharing, storage, security, dissemination, and access to personally identifiable student data or student-level data to determine the extent and circumstances that the agreements require or permit dissemination of personally-identifiable student data or student-level data from Washington students without written consent of students/parents.
- Analyze 2011 amendments to regulations implementing the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to determine the extent they permit sharing of personally-identifiable student data or student-level data under the documents analyzed.
- Specifies that the analysis include but not be limited to certain documents, agreements, and applications such as the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, the federal Race to the Top grants;
