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Norris School Board votes to join national PowerSchool class-action over data breach

Norris School District 160 Board of Education Regular Meeting · September 12, 2025
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Summary

Board heard a district technology briefing describing a PowerSchool security 'backdoor' and voted to join a multi-district class-action suit (France Law Group). Administration said local firewall settings likely prevented a breach here.

Noel (speaker who presented the technology briefing) told the board that a recent PowerSchool security incident revealed a support-account 'backdoor' that could have allowed unauthorized access to districts' student information. "There was literally a support username and password backdoor…

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