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House overwhelmingly approves Student Privacy Act after amendments and debate
Summary
The House passed third-substitute HB68 on March 6, 2015 by voice vote announced as 71-0. Sponsors said the bill creates allowable and optional student-data categories, requires parental authorization for certain sensitive data, limits expungement for disciplinary records, and delays implementation to give the State Board time for rulemaking.
The Utah House approved the third substitute of House Bill 68, the Student Privacy Act, on March 6, 2015, by a vote announced as 71-0. Sponsors and supporters described the bill as a collaborative product of legislators, local districts, district attorneys and education stakeholders intended to clarify what student information schools may collect and how it may be used and shared.
Floor presenters said the bill creates three broad buckets of student information—baseline allowable…
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