Board tables Home Run data‑sharing amendment after privacy and opt‑out concerns

Oct 10, 2024

Trustees tabled a proposed amendment to the 2019 data‑sharing agreement with the City of West Sacramento (Home Run program) and asked staff to return with redlines that remove personally identifiable fields, clarify use of SSIDs, explain post‑secondary (a–g) data needs and specify an opt‑out process.

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After a lengthy discussion about student privacy and research uses of data, the Washington Unified School District board voted to table a proposed First Amendment to a 2019 data‑sharing agreement with the City of West Sacramento (the Home Run program). Board members asked district staff and city partners to return with a redlined agreement that removes or clarifies personally identifiable elements and explains how parents can opt out of data sharing.

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