Government Data Collection Overreach in the Guise of Student Achievement

Op-Ed: The Office of Public Instruction currently collects nearly 200 points of information for school accreditation, funding, and assessing the quality of programming and student well-being. This data, which includes student data, is protected by federal and state privacy laws and our state constitution. During the 2023 legislative session HB 949, Generally revise education laws related to data governance, by Representative Dave Bedey, was passed. This bill proposed to create “a strong and transparent education and workforce data governing board with authority over the linkage of education an...