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Utah Senate backs bill letting schools cut contracts with privacy‑violating ed‑tech vendors
Summary
House Bill 55 requires mandatory termination clauses in school vendor contracts for student‑privacy violations, gives vendors a 30‑day cure window, and empowers the State Board of Education to investigate or audit reports of violations. The bill passed the Senate on third reading.
The Utah Senate on the floor advanced House Bill 55, a measure designed to give schools clear authority to end contracts with education‑technology vendors that violate student‑privacy laws.
Sponsor Senator Johnson told colleagues the bill responds to audits showing more than half of education‑technology vendors contracting with schools can raise privacy concerns. "This bill provides schools with the tools to respond decisively when vendors break the law," Johnson said,…
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