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The bill strengthens student privacy and parental control over school surveys by requiring prior written, survey‑specific consent, but this will increase administrative costs and may reduce or delay survey participation and the data schools rely on for evaluation and policymaking.
Parents of unemancipated minors and students gain stronger privacy and control because schools must obtain prior written, survey‑specific consent before administering covered surveys.
Schools and local education agencies get clearer legal standards around consent (written and instrument‑specific), reducing ambiguity and potential liability for administering surveys.
Local education agencies and schools face increased administrative burden and likely added costs to collect, track, and manage prior written, survey‑specific consents.
Students, researchers, and schools may see lower survey participation rates, reducing available data for school assessments, program evaluation, and research that inform services and policy decisions.
Parents' tightened control over unemancipated minors' participation could delay time‑sensitive research, evaluations, or compliance deadlines for districts.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires prior written, instrument-specific consent from students (or parents for unemancipated minors) before certain school surveys or evaluations can be required.
Makes written, specific consent required before students can be required to take certain school surveys, analyses, or evaluations. The bill amends the federal student privacy rule to require prior written consent from the student (if an adult or emancipated minor) or the parent (if an unemancipated minor) and specifies that the consent must be for that exact survey, analysis, or evaluation.
Official title: To amend the General Education Provisions Act to ensure that a student is not required to submit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals personal information about such student or their family without prior written consent.
Introduced August 15, 2025 by Mary E. Miller · Last progress August 15, 2025