Strengthening Student Data Privacy and Parental Control over AI in Schools.
This Act significantly enhances parental rights regarding the use of educational technology and AI in schools, requiring real-time consent for specific tools. It simplifies the process for parents to opt out of data sharing and strictly prohibits the use of student photos for training facial recognition systems without explicit permission. Schools must also increase transparency by publicly disclosing contracts with EdTech vendors.
Key points
Mandates the use of "instant verification technology" for real-time parental consent regarding specific educational technology use in classrooms.
Prohibits schools from using student photos to train facial recognition AI or contracting with yearbook companies that do so without parental consent.
Simplifies the opt-out process for releasing student directory information, requiring year-round, mobile-accessible forms that take less than five minutes to complete.
Requires schools to publicly post contracts with third-party educational technology providers for two weeks before execution.
Establishes a public list of EdTech companies found to be in violation of student data privacy requirements.
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