Officials in several states are backing away from a $100 million database intended to track students from kindergarten through high school. The database was launched this spring and stores student data including test scores, learning disabilities and discipline records. But parents and civil liberties groups have raised concerns about potential privacy breaches, Reuters reports. Louisiana’s superintendent of education withdrew student data from the database in April and plans to hold public hearings on data retention and security. New York, Illinois and Colorado are active participants. The mother of a 10-year-old public school student said the thought of her son’s medical treatments being stored on the cloud indefinitely “feels like such a violation.”
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