Ed tech vendor under FERPA/COPPA

Context

A school district selects an AI vendor under FERPA and COPPA. Student data privacy is non negotiable, budgets are tight, and the district is wary of locking children's data into a proprietary platform it can't exit.

The decision

Weight privacy, low lock in, and price and the open source backed option rises to the top, portability and exit cost matter more than the last capability point.

What most miss

Districts get sold the flashiest capability, but the binding constraints are data portability and exit cost, a proprietary lock in on children's data is the real risk.

Stakes

Locking student data into an un exitable platform is a privacy and political liability, not just a renewal problem.