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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 919366" data-attributes="member: 12952">Re: Obamanation here today[h=2]<a href="http://moonbattery.com/?p=6277" target="_blank">Stimulus Binge Allows Big Government to Snoop on Students</a>[/h]The administration wants this data to include much more than name,&nbsp; address and test scores. According to the National Data Collection&nbsp; Model, the government should collect information on health-care history, family income and family voting status. In its view, public schools offer a golden opportunity to mine reams of data from a captive audience.What about the law strictly limiting disclosure of students’ personal information? No problem: the Department of Education&nbsp; is bypassing Congress by rewriting the federal privacy statute —&nbsp; confirming that the unaccountable liberal bureaucracy is running the&nbsp; show, not elected representatives.Last April, the department proposed regulations that&nbsp; would allow it and other agencies to share a student’s personal&nbsp; information with practically any government agency or even private&nbsp; company, as long as the disclosure could be said to support an&nbsp; evaluation of an “education program,” broadly defined. … The federal&nbsp; government will have a de facto nationwide database of supposedly&nbsp; confidential student information.

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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 919366, member: 12952"] [b]Re: Obamanation here today[/b] [h=2][URL="http://moonbattery.com/?p=6277"]Stimulus Binge Allows Big Government to Snoop on Students[/URL][/h]The administration wants this data to include much more than name, address and test scores. According to the National Data Collection Model, the government should collect information on health-care history, family income and family voting status. In its view, public schools offer a golden opportunity to mine reams of data from a captive audience. What about the law strictly limiting disclosure of students’ personal information? No problem: the Department of Education is bypassing Congress by rewriting the federal privacy statute — confirming that the unaccountable liberal bureaucracy is running the show, not elected representatives. [INDENT]Last April, the department proposed regulations that would allow it and other agencies to share a student’s personal information with practically any government agency or even private company, as long as the disclosure could be said to support an evaluation of an “education program,” broadly defined. … The federal government will have a de facto nationwide database of supposedly confidential student information. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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