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Board hears proposal to join student data privacy cooperative to streamline Exhibit E agreements
Summary
Staff proposed joining the Student Data Privacy Alliance to access up to 2,000 preexisting Exhibit E agreements for faster compliance with Illinois' SOPA; joining would cost $550 annually and could reduce legal negotiation time and fees.
District staff presented a low‑cost option for speeding and simplifying vendor privacy agreements: joining the Student Data Privacy Alliance for an annual fee of $550. The presenter said the cooperative provides access to thousands of preexisting Exhibit E agreements and works with the Student Data Privacy Consortium to help districts comply with the Illinois Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPA).
Staff said the cooperative can reduce the time and cost of negotiating individual data‑privacy contracts by enabling use of existing Exhibit Es; the district currently posts and manages many Exhibit Es on the Student Data Privacy Consortium website. One board member noted the cooperative’s alignment with the Illinois Learning Technology Center and said it could reduce in‑house legal workload.
Board members asked technical questions about how many agreements the district currently has on the consortium site; staff said approximately 200 agreements are listed (not all necessarily current) and that exhibit authorship could allow other districts to leverage a posted Exhibit E. The proposal generated procedural agreement from board members and no immediate objection; staff said they would follow up on technical details.
