Bill Setting Limits On Student Data Collection Moves Forward

A proposal to restrict the kinds of information that can be collected and stored by Utah schools earned committee approval Monday. Bill sponsor Rep. Jake Anderegg, R-Lehi, said HB169 is intended to establish “guardrails” along the highway of student and child records. The would separate data and information into three categories — allowable, optional and prohibited — and in many cases would require parental consent before collection. “We’ve left a lot of the decision-making with the State Off... <img src="http://mngislctrib.112.2O7.net/b/ss/mngislctrib/1/H.17--NS/0?&pageName=RSS" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt=""/>