California Department of Education (CDE)
Student data privacy laws, contacts, and resources for California. See Utah for a complete district-by-district guide.
FERPA, PPRA, COPPA
Bus. & Prof. Code § 22584-22585
Student Online Personal Information Protection Act.
AB 1584 (CA Educ. Code § 49073.1)
Education records and third-party contracts.
AB 1442 (CA Educ. Code § 49073.6)
Social media privacy.
AB 2097 (CA Educ. Code § 49076.7)
Superintendent assigns student IDs.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100
Consumer privacy.
SB 942/AB 853 (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22757)
AI detection and disclosures.
CDE Chief Privacy Officer; Records Officer (Gov. Code § 12270); Superintendent assigns student IDs (AB 2097).
Strict data minimization; mandatory deletion on request; vendors barred from non-educational data use; risk assessments for sensitive info; security procedures for covered info.
DPA template available (e.g. NDPA or state-specific).
Executive Order N-12-23; CDE GenAI guidance; AB 2013 (training data transparency); SB 942 requires AI detection/disclosures.
Every state has a public records law — the California equivalent of a FOIA request. Parents, educators, and advocates can use these laws to request records about software agreements, data-sharing practices, and AI tool approvals.
Records access is privacy in action. Knowing what agreements exist — and being able to verify them — is the first step in holding districts accountable.
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