As state legislative sessions have now wrapped up and we hurdle toward the November elections, Data Quality Campaign shares with Privacy Tracker an update on student privacy legislative developments. Among the news, competing priorities meant the Commerce Committee failed to markup the SAFE Kids Act, which aims to legislate online educational service providers similar to California's Student Online Personal Information Protection Act. The Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking has begun holding public meetings, and over the next 18 months will study ways the federal government can best organize and analyze data to improve public policy. At the state level, 18 student data privacy bills have been signed into law in 15 states this year. (IAPP member login required.)
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