HB 1094

Abstract

Department of Education; school boards; studentonline activity; data collection, monitoring, and restrictions.Requires the Department of Education to establish, and each schoolboard to adhere to, (i) requirements relating to the collection ofdata on student online activity and the monitoring of student onlineactivity by school boards and school board employees, including requirementsto disclose to the parents of enrolled students what student onlineactivity is tracked and monitored on school or personal devices onschool property and what data on student online activity is beingcollected on school or personal devices and (ii) a requirement toset the most restrictive age-appropriate limits on student accessto social media platforms, YouTube and other video platforms, andsearch engines and other search features on school devices and permitthe parents of each enrolled student to waive such limits for theirchild by submitting a written request to the school division. Thebill also requires the Department to establish and distribute toeach school board a template that each such school board is requiredto use to (a) make certain disclosures to the parents of enrolled students relating to student online activity tracking or monitoringand the collection of data on such activity and (b) permit the parentsof each enrolled student to opt their child out of any such tracking,monitoring, or collection.