In October, the Ohio legislature passed Senate Bill 29, which is related to student education records and data privacy. Since that time, the district has joined the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC), which among other functions, helps districts comply with the requirements of SB 29, many of which go into effect on August 1, 2025, related to online programs and educational software.
Since February, we have identified over 130 different programs in use across the district. We have vetted each of the programs through the SDPC in order to determine if their terms of service are compliant with SB 29. Any program that requires students to log in, or that collects student data records, must be approved. This is still a work in progress.
Websites for teacher use that do not collect student data do not need approval. Several online websites that have activities like math games, word puzzles, etc. where students do not login or create accounts are also allowed without approval.
A few of our previously used programs have been “declined” meaning the company will not agree to the terms of SB 29 at this time, and can no longer be used after August 1, 2025. For those programs, we are in the process of looking at alternatives.
The current list of approved programs is located at this link (please note this is a live link, and as other programs are approved, they will be added)
Specific information related to Google Owned Apps/Programs:
Only Google Workspace "Core Services" are approved for use by students. Google “Core Services” are Assignments, Calendar, Classroom, Cloud Search, Drive and Docs, Gmail, Google Chat, Google Chrome Sync, Google Meet, Google Vault, Groups for Business, Jamboard, Keep, Migrate, Sites, Tasks.
