Saturday, January 12, 2008
TEA hands over kindergartners’ social security numbers to software company
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We don't need to protect this little guy. He already bought a new crib with your identity. It's only fair you take his.
OZ Systems, based in Arlington, has been paid $2.3 million by the state to create a database of students' test scores, starting with this year's kindergarten class. Texas principals were ordered by the Texas Education Agency to enter information into this database by February 22, 2008.
Some parents and districts are worried because amid the information requested were social security numbers and dates of birth for all 350,000 kindergarten students in the the state, which were submitted without parents' consents. According to FERPA, providing this information to track test scores does not break any federal privacy laws. The TEA is appropriately placating parents by telling them they have nothing to worry about.
Posted by Erin
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