Senate Bill No. introduced by D. Zolnikov aims to strengthen student data privacy protections within the K-12 student data system and the Education and Workforce Data Governing Board. A key feature of the bill is the establishment of a "right to be forgotten," which allows students or their parents to request the deletion of their education data from the K-12 student data system. The Office of Public Instruction is responsible for processing these requests and must delete the data within 45 days, unless retention is necessary for legal compliance or contractual obligations. The bill also requires the Office to provide accessible methods for submitting deletion requests and to report annually on the implementation of this right.

Additionally, the bill amends several sections of the Montana Code Annotated to clarify the responsibilities of the Office of Public Instruction and the K-12 Data Task Force regarding data privacy. It expands the definition of "deidentified data" to include "workforce data" and specifies that data must be sufficiently obscured to prevent individual identification. The bill also prohibits the direct use of a student's social security number as a unique identifier while allowing its use for generating matching keys for data linkage. The Education and Workforce Data Governing Board is tasked with developing policies for data sharing, ensuring compliance with privacy laws, and creating a data inventory. The bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

Statutes affected:
LC Text: 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_1(1): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_1(2): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_1(3): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_1(4): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_1(5): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_1(6): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_1(7): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_1: 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(1): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(10): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(2): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(3): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(4): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(5): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(6): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(7): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(8): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2(9): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_2: 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_3(1): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_3(2): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_3(3): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_3(4): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_3(5): 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138
SB0118_3: 20-7-104, 20-7-105, 20-7-136, 20-7-137, 20-7-138