Bill Summary: SB 285

• Prohibits testing companies from selling, renting, trading, sharing, or disclosing student information collected through college admissions examinations or voluntary pretest surveys to third parties for targeted advertising or college recruitment purposes.

• Requires written consent from a student's parent or legal guardian (or the student if 18 or older or legally emancipated) before testing companies can share student information with third parties.

• Defines "student information" as personal identifying information or student responses to voluntary pretest surveys provided to third parties.

• Mandates that local and regional boards of education may require high schools hosting college preparation forums to inform parents and guardians about the optional nature of voluntary pretest surveys and warn that releasing student information may increase vulnerability to identity theft or targeted advertising.

• Effective date: July 1, 2020.