Requires written permission from students or parents for personal school surveys.
This bill would require schools to get written permission from students or their parents before giving out surveys that ask for personal information. Right now, consent might not always be written or specific. This change would give students and parents more control over what personal information is collected.
Today, federal law requires "prior consent" from students for some personal surveys, but it doesn't always specify that this consent must be written, especially for adult students. For younger children, written parental consent is already required for highly sensitive surveys, but not necessarily for all personal information surveys. If this bill becomes law, schools would need to get specific written permission from students (or their parents for younger students) before giving out any survey that asks for personal information.
HR 4986 · 119th Congress · August 15, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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