Charter School Data Privacy
A primary-source and case-law-informed reference for the data privacy laws applicable to charter schools, organized by jurisdiction.
Each jurisdiction stacks Federal Baseline + State Layer + Sub-state Layer (where applicable). The federal baseline applies everywhere; state and sub-state layers vary.
Jurisdictions
Universal US federal law applying to every charter school regardless of state.
5 laws cataloged
State layer above federal baseline. NY has the most active student data privacy regime in the country.
3 laws cataloged
Sub-state layer above NY State. Applies to NYC-located charters, especially those authorized by the NYC DOE.
3 laws cataloged
How to use
For compliance review
Pick a jurisdiction. The page stacks federal baseline + state + sub-state layers. Each law card shows school-side and vendor-side obligations side by side, plus breach notification windows and enforcement reality.
For NCSC Scanner mapping
Each law lists the scanner fields it implies. Use those to validate or extend the toolkit_state_floors data backing the NCSC AI Toolkit scanner.
For case-law verification
Every law lists pending case-law citations in its verification queue. Verify on vLex before relying on them. Markdown source is in MKL/Legal/02_Data-Privacy/Charter-Data-Privacy-Research/.
For client conversations
Open a jurisdiction page in a meeting. The stack view shows the layered legal regime at a glance, with each statute's school-side and vendor-side obligations explicit.
Research scope
- Federal Baseline: FERPA, COPPA, PPRA, CIPA, IDEA
- New York State: Ed Law § 2-d, 8 NYCRR Part 121, SHIELD Act, Article 56
- NYC: Chancellor's Regulations, LL 144 (AEDT), LL 11 (ADS)
- Coming: CT, MA, NJ, PA, DC (CTS client geography)
Add new research
Just downloaded case law or search results? The Ingest page has a copy-pasteable orientation block for starting a fresh Claude session that handles the whole workflow.