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Senate committee approves bill to bar political campaigns from harvesting student data in schools
Summary
The Georgia Senate Education Committee approved a substitute for Senate Bill 212 to prohibit political campaigns from soliciting or exporting personal information from K–12 students at school events under false pretenses; the bill clarifies exemptions for parents, nonprofits and events coordinated with school administration.
Senate Bill 212, sponsored on the floor by Senator Still, won committee approval after members debated language clarifying when political activity in schools crosses the line into unlawful data collection.
The measure, described by Senator Still as “protecting the information of minors in public schools,” would prohibit campaigns and candidates from using school events or false pretexts to collect or export personally identifiable information from K–12 students for political purposes. Supporters said the change responds to incidents in several large districts where campaign staff allegedly solicited data that never reached the Secretary of State’s…
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