Tanya Roscorla reports: As the legislative session wraps up, student data privacy bills are headed to the books in 20 states. State policymakers introduced 110 bills on student data privacy in 36 states this session, with 30 of them passing both houses and 24 being signed into law, according to an analysis by the Data Quality Campaign. Four companion…
Category: Youth & Schools
Florida police cite students for sexting in class
Evan Lambert reports: Two teens were cited for sexting after police said they shared a nude photo of a girl while in class at West Port High School in Marion County. The boys, 14 and 15, were cited under Florida’s sexting statute, which makes a first-time offense a civil infraction and not a crime for…
CA: 2 Saugus High students arrested for posting ‘inappropriate photos’
Jim Holt reports: Two Saugus High School students were arrested for posting “inappropriate photos” on social media, a spokeswoman for the William S. Hart Union School District said Thursday. The ages and identities of the suspects arrested Wednesday were not disclosed, said district spokeswoman Gail Pinsker, citing student privacy laws. […] Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau…
MA: Biometric Lunch Scanners Raise Parent Ire in North Adams
Tammy Daniels reports: The introduction of biometrics in the school lunch line has a number of parents concerned about privacy and big-government intrusion into their children’s lives. The school system is instituting the equipment at lunch lines this fall after more than a year of discussion about parents failing to pay delinquent lunch bills, the…