Student & Child Privacy Center
Updates on emerging student privacy and cybersecurity issues and best practices.
With over 130 state student privacy laws being passed since 2014, new federal regulations on the horizon and school cyber attacks becoming unfortunately more frequent, the AASA Student & Child Privacy Center is designed to bridge the resource gap by providing low-barrier insights to stakeholders, especially those who do not have access to costly legal expertise.
The Center:
- Distributes rapid-response stakeholder alerts when there are significant developments in the student and child privacy landscape
- Publishes short resources on student and child privacy issues for AASA stakeholders
- Provides non-partisan legislative tracking and analysis related to student and child privacy issues for the AASA Advocacy & Governance team
- Disseminates student privacy and cybersecurity insights through public speaking engagements and being a resource for the press
The Student & Child Privacy Center is fully funded in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Previous project funders include the Data Quality Campaign and WestEd.
Updates & Alerts
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June 03, 2025
Updates from AASA’s Student and Child Privacy Center: 2025 Resources and ActivitiesToday’s guest blog post comes from Amelia Vance, founder and president of Public Interest Privacy Consulting, LLC. In that role she also staffs the AASA Student & Child Privacy Center.
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April 23, 2025
FERPA UpdateIn recent weeks, USED has leveraged the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as a policy tool to incentivize state compliance with other administration policy priorities.
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January 17, 2025
Guest Blog Post: New COPPA Update: A Setback for Schools and Student Privacy?This blog post comes from Amelia Vance, President, Public Interest Privacy Center (PIPC supports AASA’s Student and Child Privacy Center)
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January 17, 2025
Important COPPA Update: WebinarJoin an expert panel on January 15 as we delve into the FTC's update to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule).
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January 13, 2025
PowerSchool Cyber Incident FAQOn January 7, 2025, the edtech software provider, PowerSchool, announced a cyber incident to its customers across the U.S.
Resources
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May 14, 2024
The K-12 Privacy Policy GuideType:Toolkit Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Technology & AIHow to quickly spot red flags in app and technology platform privacy policies. -
May 01, 2024
Legal Risks of Your Schools’ Social PlatformsType:Article Topics: Communications & Public Relations, Legal MattersA few best practices from an education lawyer about managing the district’s social media accounts. -
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March 12, 2024
Leading Effective Data Privacy Processes Within a School District SettingType:Webinar Recording Topics: School Safety & CybersecuritySuccessful strategies to assess current policies and assure that data privacy is integrated into all aspects of technology use. -
March 01, 2024
Student Privacy and Safety SimultaneouslyType:Article Topics: Legal Matters, School Safety & CybersecurityDon’t view FERPA as a barrier to intervention by law enforcement and mental health support when a student presents a threat to self or others. -
February 01, 2024
Who’s Responsible for Student Data Privacy?Type:Article Topics:It’s not only the tech team that needs to be paying attention. Everyone in the school district plays a part in prevention.
About the Student & Child Privacy Center
The Student & Child Privacy Center was formed out of the Public Interest Privacy Center, an emerging nonprofit previously incubated at AASA and led by Amelia Vance, a globally recognized student privacy expert who has been a leader in the student privacy space for over a decade.
Support for Education Leaders
Questions about student privacy? Looking for resources? Want to collaborate?
Send your questions to Noelle Ellerson Ng (nellerson@aasa.org) and Amelia Vance (avance@publicinterestprivacy.com).