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Witnesses urge study-first approach on H.650; agency recommends two-track solution for ed‑tech
Summary
Industry and agency witnesses told the Senate Education Committee that H.650 needs clearer definitions and a dual approach: make statewide privacy protections universal now and order a study/report on ed‑tech effectiveness and age‑appropriate use rather than an immediate product certification that could exclude useful tools.
Industry and agency witnesses appeared before the Senate Education Committee on H.650, a bill proposing a registration/certification approach for educational technology and student privacy protections.
Abigail Wilson, representing the State Policy Information Association, told the committee that the bill ‘‘misses the mark' s currently drafted’’ because it risks treating institutional educational technology the same as consumer apps. She said institutional products already operate under a suite of federal requirements (FERPA, COPPA, CIPA, IDEA) and that a new, broad certification layer could duplicate existing oversight, impose compliance costs that drive small providers from the Vermont market, and unintentionally remove…
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