Sen. Cassidy Files Bill That Helps Parents Protect Student Privacy
Senate Health Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Wednesday introduced a bill aimed at helping parents control students’ data privacy in public schools.
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“AI holds enormous potential to meet childrens’ unique learning needs,” he said. “As AI increasingly gets intertwined with students’ education, the LIFE Act empowers parents to ensure their children are protected from potential harm.”
The Learning Innovation and Family Empowerment (LIFE) with AI Act would establish a federal “Golden Seal of Excellence in Student Data Privacy,” which would be awarded to schools and districts that “implement better parental consent systems and year-round opt-out tools,” said a summary of the bill.
Also, the legislation “simplifies” the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act’s “directory-information opt-outs by requiring clear online notices and forms accessible year-round and usable in minutes,” the summary said. It would allow parents to “view elements of third-party ed-tech contracts before they are executed.”