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House debates and advances bill to centralize student records; data-security questions remain

Utah House of Representatives · March 13, 2013
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Summary

Lawmakers advanced a bill to create a cloud-based student record 'backpack' to speed record transfers and give parents and teachers access; members pressed sponsors on data security, encryption and access controls. The transcript does not include a final recorded vote tally for the measure.

Representative Hughes presented first substitute Senate Bill 82, an initiative to aggregate K–12 student records in a secure, cloud-based system (a "student achievement backpack") to improve portability when students move districts and to give teachers and parents quicker access to academic and assessment information.

Supporters said much of the data already exists in siloed systems and the proposal consolidates it for…

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