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Committee advances bill to give students control over their education records; questions remain on implementation
Summary
Senate Bill 296 would codify that students (or parents of minors) control access to education records and require informed consent before third‑party sharing; the committee passed the bill 4–1 while senators asked about FERPA compatibility, chain of custody and authentication methods.
A bill sponsor told the committee that Senate Bill 296 treats education data as the property of the student and requires informed consent before educational records are accessed or shared with third parties. "This bill suggests is that the education data is the property of the student," the sponsor said, summarizing the bill’s core…
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