Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§7925 Sense of Congress on protecting student privacy

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the Secretary to review rules about student privacy and make sure students’ personal information is protected. Congress says student-identifying information must be kept private. It should only be shared with school staff who teach the student unless parents are clearly told. New technology and research make protection more important. Groups getting money under this law must keep that information private.

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Title 20, §7925

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(a)The Congress finds as follows:

(1)Students’ personally identifiable information is important to protect.

(2)Students’ information should not be shared with individuals other than school officials in charge of educating those students without clear notice to parents.

(3)With the use of more technology, and more research about student learning, the responsibility to protect students’ personally identifiable information is more important than ever.

(4)Regulations allowing more access to students’ personal information could allow that information to be shared or sold by individuals who do not have the best interest of the students in mind.

(5)The Secretary has the responsibility to ensure every entity that receives funding under this chapter holds any personally identifiable information in strict confidence.

(b)It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should review all regulations addressing issues of student privacy, including those under this chapter, and ensure that students’ personally identifiable information is protected.

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Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 7925

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73