STAND. COM. REP. NO.  431

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 613

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 613 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STUDENT DATA MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect the data and privacy of students in the public schools by limiting the purposes for which computer service providers can process student data and prohibiting the sale, disclosure, and processing of student data for commercial purposes.   

The Hawaii State PTSA supported this measure.  The Department of Education and Microsoft, Inc., submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 613 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair