S 280 Massachusetts Senate · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

An Act relative to student and educator data privacy

This bill amends Massachusetts education law to establish strict privacy protections for student and educator data collected by websites, apps, and services used for school purposes. It defines "covered information" broadly to include sensitive details like biometric data, search history, and health records, while also clarifying what constitutes anonymous "aggregated data." The legislation outlines specific requirements for how schools must handle this information, including rules on data sharing, security measures, and the destruction of records when they are no longer needed.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Feb 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023 Last action Apr 8, 2024
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This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Apr 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
House concurred
lower
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Education
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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