CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Mary Miller (R-IL)

Student Voter Data Protection Act

H.R. 10449 · House bill Education

A Republican bill with 5 Republican cosponsors · See all 5 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Student Voter Data Protection Act. It changes the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. The bill stops postsecondary educational institutions from getting federal funds if they disclose a student's personally identifiable information, including directory information, to measure voter registration or voting rates without written consent. It also stops these schools from getting federal funds if they sell a student's personally identifiable education records or directory information without prior, informed, written consent.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +7

    Would students be better off under this?

    The bill directly protects postsecondary students by safeguarding their personally identifiable information and educational records from unauthorized disclosure and sale.

  • Scored +7

    Does this give people more control over their personal data?

    The bill enhances student data privacy by prohibiting postsecondary institutions from disclosing or selling personally identifiable information without prior written consent.

  • Scored +7

    Does this protect people from being watched or searched?

    The legislation strengthens individual privacy rights for postsecondary students by restricting the unauthorized sharing or sale of their educational records and directory information.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.