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Committee backs bill to give schools teeth to act when EdTech vendors share student data
Summary
HB55, updated to require audits on contract renewal and to align with USBE privacy processes, would allow districts and charters to cancel contracts if vendors do not resolve unauthorized student-data sharing within 30 days; the committee adopted the amendment and recommended the bill favorably and placed it on the consent calendar.
Representative Tiara Auxier introduced House Bill 55 after an audit partnership (BYU and Internet Safety Labs, coordinated with USBE) found substantial variation in education-technology data practices. USBE board member Jenny Earl summarized the audit, saying the study found examples in which third parties were…
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