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Privacy concerns collide with school‑efficiency pitch in bill to preapprove vendor contracts
Summary
House Bill 255 would let districts rely on preapproved vendor or consortium contracts for student‑data protections to speed procurement; school boards and tech directors supported streamlining, while privacy professionals warned the change could expose student records and district liability.
Representative Bob Carter presented House Bill 255 to the Senate Education Committee as a procurement and student‑privacy streamlining measure. The bill would let a school district satisfy statutory contract requirements by executing a contract that has been preapproved by a vetted consortium or a model contract, allowing districts to reuse vetted arrangements instead of negotiating each agreement from scratch.
Proponents including the Montana School Boards Association, superintendents and district technology directors said the current process is slow and…
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