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HR 2915 106th Congress House

Student Privacy Protection Act

Official title: To protect students from commercial exploitation.

Introduced: September 22, 1999 See on congress.gov
Education AdvertisingCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceComputers in education
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Sep 22, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 22, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1934)
Sep 22, 1999
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Privacy Protection Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit any funds authorized under ESEA from being used by an applicable program to allow a third party to monitor, receive, gather, or obtain information intended for commercial purposes from any student under age 18 without prior, written, informed consent of the student's parent.

Requires a school, local educational agency, or State, before entering into a contract with a third party, to inquire as to: (1) whether the third party intends to gather, collect, or store information on students; (2) the nature of the information to be gathered; (3) how the information will be used; (4) whether the information will be sold, distributed, or transferred to other parties; and (5) the amount of class time that will be consumed by such activity. Requires the consent form to include the answers to such inquiries and to indicate the dollar amount and nature of the contract.

Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study, including specified documentation and considerations, regarding the prevalence and effect of commercialism in elementary and secondary education.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2915: Student Privacy Protection Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2915/
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