WE SENT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL TO REP. SCHRODER AND HIS LEGISLATIVE AIDE THURSDAY NIGHT REGARDING HIS HB718 & WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED AN EMAIL RESPONSE.
Rep. Schroder chose, instead, to respond by his actions: he allowed this bill to pass which weakens the strongest data privacy law in the nation (Act 837) and allows John White to, once again, be in control of the personally identifiable information of children.
http://thepeoplellc.weebly.com/blog/hb-718-schroder-is-the-key-that-unlocks-our-childrens-data-for-john-white-many-others
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR HELPING! Together we held up the vote on the bill one day and prevented a unanimously favorable vote the next (5 senators voted "nay" and another handful were absent on the vote).
CONSIDERING HOW IMPORTANT CHILDREN'S DATA IS TO THE GOVERNOR'S FASCIST WORKFORCE AGENDA, THAT WAS A HUGE FEAT IN AND OF ITSELF!
"Subject: A Plea From The People Regarding HB 718
John:
Given the tone of your last two emails; and, given that we have received no response from you on our last suggestion; and, given that we are now in the 11th hour, we implore you and Amy to, please, put your personal feelings toward us aside for the sake of securing the PII of public school students at the district level as you promised.
We have provided numerous amendments that take care of what the districts have expressed to be problems, while at the same time protecting student data. We are praying that you will once again work with us to ensure that the protections put in place last session are not compromised as the bill in its current posture promises to do.
Although we had been diligent in sharing the proof behind our concerns about this bill with Amy over the past several months, other than Mr. Bouillon confirming for us that LDOE will indeed own the data, regretfully, we have received no response on the issue of the contract provisions.
Getting back to the original concerns of the districts regarding hanging artwork, announcing children’s names at sporting events, etc., we beg you once again to consider our suggested fix as a substitute for the entire bill:
"H. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit:
(1) a person employed at a public school and a person authorized by the superintendent of the school system from being provided or having access to a student’s records:
(a) as may be necessary to perform his duties as outlined by local public school board policy;
(b) from utilizing student information to recognize student accomplishments within the school system.
(2) a person employed at a public school or a person authorized by the superintendent of the school system from utilizing a student’s information to provide student extracurricular activities, as long as the parent has consented to the child’s participation in the activity."
We also recommend that the strike-through of "state board of elementary and secondary education regulation or" be included in the substitute.
Anything added beyond that should result in the bill being pulled.
Although we believe strongly that the above recommendation will offer the children the highest level of protection, as always we are open to discussing with both you and Amy the various other amendments that we had previously offered.
We are also hopeful that you will reconsider our request that you seek an emergency A.G.'s opinion related to whether or not Act 837 prevents the districts from posting artwork or responding to parent emails, etc.
Angela and Karen
The People, LLC"
Rep. Schroder chose, instead, to respond by his actions: he allowed this bill to pass which weakens the strongest data privacy law in the nation (Act 837) and allows John White to, once again, be in control of the personally identifiable information of children.
http://thepeoplellc.weebly.com/blog/hb-718-schroder-is-the-key-that-unlocks-our-childrens-data-for-john-white-many-others
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR HELPING! Together we held up the vote on the bill one day and prevented a unanimously favorable vote the next (5 senators voted "nay" and another handful were absent on the vote).
CONSIDERING HOW IMPORTANT CHILDREN'S DATA IS TO THE GOVERNOR'S FASCIST WORKFORCE AGENDA, THAT WAS A HUGE FEAT IN AND OF ITSELF!
"Subject: A Plea From The People Regarding HB 718
John:
Given the tone of your last two emails; and, given that we have received no response from you on our last suggestion; and, given that we are now in the 11th hour, we implore you and Amy to, please, put your personal feelings toward us aside for the sake of securing the PII of public school students at the district level as you promised.
We have provided numerous amendments that take care of what the districts have expressed to be problems, while at the same time protecting student data. We are praying that you will once again work with us to ensure that the protections put in place last session are not compromised as the bill in its current posture promises to do.
Although we had been diligent in sharing the proof behind our concerns about this bill with Amy over the past several months, other than Mr. Bouillon confirming for us that LDOE will indeed own the data, regretfully, we have received no response on the issue of the contract provisions.
Getting back to the original concerns of the districts regarding hanging artwork, announcing children’s names at sporting events, etc., we beg you once again to consider our suggested fix as a substitute for the entire bill:
"H. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit:
(1) a person employed at a public school and a person authorized by the superintendent of the school system from being provided or having access to a student’s records:
(a) as may be necessary to perform his duties as outlined by local public school board policy;
(b) from utilizing student information to recognize student accomplishments within the school system.
(2) a person employed at a public school or a person authorized by the superintendent of the school system from utilizing a student’s information to provide student extracurricular activities, as long as the parent has consented to the child’s participation in the activity."
We also recommend that the strike-through of "state board of elementary and secondary education regulation or" be included in the substitute.
Anything added beyond that should result in the bill being pulled.
Although we believe strongly that the above recommendation will offer the children the highest level of protection, as always we are open to discussing with both you and Amy the various other amendments that we had previously offered.
We are also hopeful that you will reconsider our request that you seek an emergency A.G.'s opinion related to whether or not Act 837 prevents the districts from posting artwork or responding to parent emails, etc.
Angela and Karen
The People, LLC"