State law requires the Idaho Board of Education to develop a model policy governing data collection, access and security and then train school districts and charter schools on how to implement it. The law also requires that school districts provide a child’s complete educational records to his parents upon request.
In addition, the Idaho education department is working on model privacy language that districts can use when negotiating contracts that involve transferring sensitive student data to private companies — or allowing the companies to collect the data directly from students.
Both privacy advocates and the software industry hailed the Idaho approach as a good start.
Fordham law professor Joel Reidenberg also urged states to appoint a chief privacy officer to oversee student privacy and help school districts manage the issue.
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