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Senate advances bill easing rules on commercial school surveys after heated debate
Summary
Senators advanced Senate Bill 228 to third reading after a lengthy debate over parental consent for commercial surveys in public schools. An amendment to require personal or certified contact failed on a roll call; bill passed to third reading 16–11 with two absent.
Salt Lake City — The Utah Senate on Feb. 18 advanced Senate Bill 228, a measure that would allow certain large commercial student surveys in public schools by treating parental nonresponse as assent after a district-level review and notification period.
Senator Neil Montgomery, sponsor of the bill, said it is intended to preserve participation in multi-district surveys that inform state and federal program planning. Montgomery told the Senate the legislation creates a 13-member review committee and limits the change to commercial polling firms that certify responses are for statistical purposes and that individually identifiable data will be destroyed within five working…
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