PIPC Resources

IV. LESSONS LEARNED AND KEY PRINCIPLES FOR STUDENT PRIVACY Previously published in the Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy IV. LESSONS LEARNED AND KEY PRINCIPLES FOR STUDENT PRIVACY The unintended effects discussed above are emblematic of the challenges that privacy legislation has posed in the last decade, echoing many issues that arose when the U.S. Congress passed FERPA in 1974. For legislators, this history offers more than a cautionary tale; it suggests specific lessons and principles that policymakers can use to change the trajectory of future privacy legislation. For example, some of the student privacy laws were passed hastily […]

III. STUDENT PRIVACY IN THE MODERN ERA Previously published in the Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy III. STUDENT PRIVACY IN THE MODERN ERA Forty years after FERPA was passed, more than 1,000 bills on student privacy have been introduced in all fifty states since 2013,106 and more than 130 have passed in forty states and Washington, D.C. Like FERPA, most of the laws emerged in response to growing concerns over the increased amount of student data collected but also how stakeholders use, report, and protect this data. Well-publicized data breaches in the private sector (such as at Target

Student Privacy’s History of Unintended Consequences June 2020 Amelia Vance and Casey Waughn1   Previously published in the Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy I. INTRODUCTION It is difficult to imagine a world in which schools cannot print students’ names on the honor roll or in school playbills; announce student athletes’ names, heights, and weights at the start of a game; and share financial aid information with appropriate institutions to ensure that students can finance their education. Yet, in the months following the enactment of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, and forty years