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Parents, ed‑tech leaders and districts back student‑data privacy bill and a state education‑to‑career data center
Summary
Witnesses at a Joint Committee on Education hearing supported legislation to set statewide student and educator data privacy standards and to create an education-to-career data center, while urging stronger enforcement, parental notice and clear definitions of permitted use.
BOSTON — As school districts increasingly rely on digital tools, witnesses told the Joint Committee on Education they support state standards that protect student and educator privacy, but they urged precise statutory language, stronger oversight and parental notice.
Representative (testifying sponsor) summarized the Student and Educator Data Privacy Act as a way to bring Massachusetts in line with other states and to require vendors to limit data use to K‑12 educational purposes. Supporters testifying included district technology directors, parents and nonprofit policy groups; they urged the committee to combine strong privacy protections with a practical, centralized governance model to allow controlled,…
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