Student Data

The U.S. Department of Education finalized its Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization rule, revising federal recognition requirements for accreditors and expectations for institutions. The policy may affect Title IV aid eligibility and drive indirect needs for compliance, student-outcome data, and records support, but it announces no procurement opportunity.

The California Department of Education is reviewing Educational Testing Service’s compliance with contract and data-security requirements after a September breach exposed information belonging to millions of current and former public school students. The review may prompt stronger vendor verification, data-minimization and access-control requirements, as well as dedicated cybersecurity funding; no contract value or new deadline has been announced.