EPIC Urges D.C. Council to Protect Student Privacy and Pass Strong Procurement Guidelines for Edtech
EPIC submitted testimony to the D.C. Council urging the adoption of strong procurement rules for AI and automated decision-making tools used in public schools, with a focus on protecting student privacy.
Why this matters: Kids in school cannot opt out. They show up, use whatever technology the district buys, and have no say in what gets collected about them. Edtech vendors have a long history of harvesting student data — behavior, grades, browsing, even emotional signals — and selling or sharing it. Procurement rules are one of the few levers that actually work. If a district sets real privacy conditions before signing a contract, vendors have to meet them or lose the deal. That is a better outcome than passing a law after the data is already gone.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy · Privacy officers
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