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Tennessee state Sen. Bo Watson wants to eject undocumented students from public school classrooms. But first, . 

Watson seeks to require students statewide to submit a birth certificate or other sensitive documents to secure their seats 鈥� one of numerous efforts nationwide this year as Republican state lawmakers seek to challenge a decades-old Supreme Court precedent enshrining students鈥� right to a free public education regardless of their immigration status.

In my latest feature this week, I dive into , who warn that efforts to compile data on immigrant students could be used not just to deny them an education  鈥� it could also fall into the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

As the Trump administration ramps up deportations and tech billionaire Elon Musk鈥檚 Department of Government Efficiency reportedly works to create a 鈥渕aster database鈥� of government records to zero in on migrants, data privacy experts warn that state and federal data about immigrant students could be weaponized. 

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In the news

Cybercriminals demanded ransom payments from school districts nationwide this week, using millions of K-12 students鈥� sensitive data as leverage after the files were stolen from education technology giant PowerSchool in a massive cyberattack late last year. The development undercuts PowerSchool鈥檚 decision to pay a ransom in December to keep the sensitive documents under wraps. |聽

Gutted:聽Investigations at the Education Department鈥檚 civil rights office have trickled to a halt as the Trump administration installs a 鈥渟hadow division鈥� to advance cases that align with the president鈥檚 agenda. |聽

• Civil rights groups, students and parents have asked courts to block the Education Department鈥檚 civil rights enforcement changes under Trump, saying they fail to hold schools accountable for racial harassment and abuses against children with disabilities. |聽

• Among the thousands of cases put on the back burner is a complaint from a Texas teenager who was kneed in the face by a campus cop. |聽

鈥楾he hardest case for mercy鈥�:聽Congratulations to Marshall Project contributor Joe Sexton, who was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his reporting on a legal team鈥檚 successful bid to spare the Parkland, Florida, school shooter from the death penalty. |聽

The city council in Uvalde, Texas, approved a $2 million settlement with the families of the victims in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School, the first lawsuit to end with monetary payouts since 19 children and two teachers were killed. |  

• In Michigan, a state commission created in the wake of the 2021 school shooting at Oxford High School, which resulted in the deaths of four students, issued a final report calling for additional funding to strengthen school mental health supports. |聽
  
• Meanwhile, at the federal level, the Education Department axed $1 billion in federal grants designed to train mental health professionals and place them in schools in a bid to thwart mass shootings. |聽

A high school substitute teacher in Ohio was arrested on accusations she offered a student $2,000 to murder her husband. |聽

Connecticut schools have been forced to evacuate from fires caused by a 鈥渄angerous TikTok trend鈥� where students stab school-issued laptops with paper clips to cause electrical short circuits. |聽

Eleven high school lacrosse players in upstate New York face unlawful imprisonment charges on accusations they staged a kidnapping of younger teammates who thought they were being abducted by armed assailants. |聽

The Future of Privacy Forum has 鈥渞etired鈥� its Student Privacy Pledge after a decade. The pledge, which was designed to ensure education technology companies were ethical stewards of students鈥� sensitive data, was ended due to 鈥渢he changing technological and policy landscape regarding education technology.鈥� |聽

• The pledge had previously faced scrutiny over its ability to hold tech vendors accountable for violating its terms. |聽
  
• New kid on the block:聽Almost simultaneously, Common Sense Privacy launched a 鈥減rivacy seal certification鈥� to recognize vendors that are 鈥渄eeply committed to privacy.鈥� |

Google plans to roll out an artificial intelligence chatbot for children as the tech giant seeks to attract young eyeballs to its AI products. |聽

Kansas schools plan to spend state money on AI tools to spot guns despite concerns over reports of false alarms. |聽

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