Tomorrow, February 12, 2015,
National PTA Vice President of Advocacy, Shannon Sevier will testify before the
House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education on
behalf of National PTA. This is a Subcommittee of the House Education and the
Workforce Committee
The hearing, titled “How
Emerging Technology Affects Student Privacy,” will focus on student data
privacy, exploring the use of new technology in the classroom and examine the
need to modernize FERPA.
As you know, National PTA has
been actively involved in the ongoing debate about the best way forward on
student data privacy. This hearing gives National PTA the opportunity to
highlight the importance of this issue before Congress and showcase the steps
we are taking to ensure all children’s data is secure.
Shannon’s testimony, along with
others, will be live streamed at 8:00 AM (Pacific). For additional information about the
hearing and to view her live testimony, please see the Committee website:
