CA AB1442

Requires school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to notify pupils and parents and hold a public meeting before adopting any program to gather or maintain social media information about enrolled students.

Restricts gathered social media information to only data that directly pertains to school safety or pupil safety, and requires schools to provide students access to their information with opportunities to correct or delete it.

Mandates destruction of social media information within one year after a pupil turns 18 years old or leaves the school, whichever occurs first.

Requires schools contracting with third parties to gather social media data to prohibit those parties from using the information for other purposes, selling or sharing it, and destroying it immediately after the contract ends or when the student turns 18 or leaves school.

Requires schools to notify parents about the social media information gathering program and explain processes for accessing, correcting, or removing their child's information.