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Committee approves bill limiting districts’ use and sale of staff contact data, bars intrusive required apps
Summary
The Senate Education Committee approved First Substitute House Bill 124 on a 3–1 vote; the bill would limit LEAs’ ability to distribute staff contact lists and restrict requiring certain technologies on employees’ personal devices when vendor terms permit external data access.
The Senate Education Committee approved First Substitute House Bill 124 on a 3–1 vote after amendments tying the bill to a separate records-access measure. The bill would restrict local education agencies (LEAs) from selling or otherwise distributing certain LEA contact information and bar LEAs from requiring employees to use technology on personal devices when the vendor’s terms permit access to data outside the app itself. It also creates a written-complaint avenue to the Utah State Board of Education for employees who believe the law was violated.
Representative Lee, the bill sponsor, said the measure responds to…
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