FERPA (1974) protecting 2026 students:
• 1,449 EdTech tools per district access data via 'School Official Exception' — no parental consent
• Google Workspace for Education: 170M users
• PowerSchool breach 2025: 62.4M records exposed
• FERPA enforcement: $0 withdrawn in 50 years
• AI trained on student data cannot delete on request
The law was designed for paper filing cabinets.
