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Student Online Personal Protection Act
What is SOPPA?
The Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA), is a State law that protects the privacy and security of students' online data at school by regulating how educational technology vendors manage student data. In 2019, the law was significantly amended to also regulate how schools and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) manage student data in addition to vendors. That amendment became effective on July 1, 2021.
While Princeton Elementary has always made and will continue to make every effort possible to protect the privacy of our students, SOPPA requires us to implement additional safeguards, including a more rigorous vetting process of digital solutions that capture students' personal information.
On-Line Services
Princeton Elementary School District 115 participates in the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC), a unique collaborative of schools, districts, divisions, regional, territories and state agencies, policy makers, trade organizations and marketplace providers addressing real-world, adaptable, and implementable solutions to growing data privacy concerns. For more information on the SDPC, please visit their site at https://sdpc.a4l.org/
For a current list of all approved Princeton Elementary District 115 Data Privacy Agreements, please see Our Vendors.
Parents can request to review and correct any information maintained by the District or any online/application provider by contacting the District 115 privacy officer, Sean Baron