Bill > HB255

This bill revises Montana's online data privacy laws for K-12 student records by modifying existing regulations for how school districts can contract with third-party digital service providers. The bill allows school districts to use model contracts from private or public consortiums that meet specific privacy standards, provided those contracts include key protections such as: maintaining the school district's ownership of student records, allowing students to control their own generated content, prohibiting the third party from using student information for unauthorized purposes, establishing procedures for parents or eligible students to review and correct personal information, describing data security measures, outlining notification procedures for potential data breaches, ensuring records are deleted after contract completion, and prohibiting targeted advertising using student data. The bill also reaffirms that contracts failing to meet these requirements can be voided, and provides that existing contracts are not immediately impacted but will be subject to these new standards upon renewal or amendment. Importantly, the legislation aims to strengthen student data privacy protections while providing school districts with flexible mechanisms for managing digital educational resources.

Education

https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2117