Benjamin Herold reports:
A proposed overhaul of the country’s primary law protecting student-data privacy is being circulated for feedback, offering yet another sign of the federal government’s interest in reshaping the legislative landscape around this hot-button issue.
The “discussion draft” of a bill that would rewrite the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, was released Monday by the bipartisan leadership of the Education & the Workforce Committee of the U.S. House.
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