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Board presses NDE on student-data privacy as SLDS contracts move forward
Summary
State Board members questioned how the Nebraska Department of Education protects personally identifiable student data and whether parents can opt out, while the board authorized contracts for Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) activities.
State Board of Education members on Sept. 5 authorized the commissioner to approve contracts for activities tied to the Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) while pressing the Nebraska Department of Education for clearer student-data privacy protections and notification practices.
The vote to authorize SLDS contracts passed unanimously in the meeting (seven yes, one absence). Much of the discussion focused not on whether the department should hold the data but on how it is protected, how it may be shared with contractors and researchers, and what rights parents have to review or restrict use of their child’s information.
What board members asked and what staff said Kristen Yates, NDE information systems officer,…
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