There was a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill as the 117th Congress wrapped up in December 2022. While some education-focused funding — such as the Child Care and Development Block Grant — made it into the omnibus bill, other K–12 legislation was cut.
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) of 2022 and an amendment to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998 were two bills that congress took off the table to pass the omnibus bill.
These two bills focus on protecting the online activity of minors and show a continued interest in student data privacy protections at the federal…