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NYS Education Law 2-d

New York State Education Law 2-d

Background
In early 2020, the New York State Department of Education adopted a new law focused on the privacy and security of student and staff personally identifiable information (PII).  The Educational Law Section 2-d, known among NY schools as "Ed Law 2-d", provides “guidance to educational agencies and their third-party contractors on ways to strengthen data privacy and security to protect student data and annual professional performance review data.”
See the full law: NYS Senate.gov  

 

New York State Education Law 2-d:

  • Supplements the "Parent's Bill of Rights" for Data Privacy and Security
  • Provides very specific protections for contracts with "third party" contractors
  • Establishes information security and privacy standards
  • Authorizes NYSED's Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) to impose certain penalties (such as a monetary fine, mandatory training, and preclusion from accessing data from an education agency for a fixed period of time up to 5 years)