Texas Education Code Chapter 32, Subchapter D (sections 32.151 to 32.157) deals with student information collected by operators of websites, apps and online services. It was added by House Bill 2087 in 2017. A Texas district may also have its own board policy, its own vendor approval process and its own technology office. Those can be stricter than the statute, and they are the first thing to check.
Who the subchapter covers
Section 32.151 defines an operator as someone who runs a service with actual knowledge that it is used primarily for a school purpose and that was designed and marketed for school purposes. Section 32.157 says general-audience services are outside it, and that the subchapter does not limit adaptive learning.
What it prohibits and requires
- Prohibitions (section 32.152). An operator may not knowingly engage in targeted advertising, may not use covered information to build a profile of a student except for a school purpose, and may not sell or rent a student's information, with an exception for an acquisition of the company.
- Permitted disclosures and uses (sections 32.153 and 32.154). The statute lists the situations in which information may be disclosed and used, including improving the operator's products with information that does not identify a student.
- Security (section 32.155). The operator must maintain reasonable security procedures and practices. The section also has extra requirements for operators the Texas Education Agency has approved or adopted, including using the state's unique student identifier and adhering to a state-required data sharing agreement.
- Deletion (section 32.156). The operator must delete covered information within 60 days of a district's request, or on the schedule in the contract or terms, unless a parent consents to keeping it.
How ClassSense lines up
| Provision | ClassSense today |
|---|---|
| No targeted advertising | No advertising and no advertising trackers. |
| No profile beyond school purposes | The mastery profile exists only to choose what a student practices next. |
| No sale or rental | We do not sell student data. |
| Reasonable security | The security overview lists what we can verify. Whether it is reasonable is for your district to judge. |
| Deletion | Within 30 days of request, which is inside the 60-day outer limit. Backups age out after five days. |
| Adaptive learning | Adaptive practice is the core of the product, and the statute says it does not limit that. |
What we have not done
- We are not claiming approval or adoption by the Texas Education Agency.
- We have not built any use of the state's unique student identifier, and we have not signed a state data sharing agreement.
- We have not signed a Texas district agreement or joined a Texas vendor registry.
- No outside party has reviewed ClassSense against this subchapter.
- Our public documents say uploaded curriculum and student answers may be processed by an AI service. A Texas technology office will ask about that. See student data and AI.
What a Texas teacher should do first
Ask your campus or district technology office whether it keeps an approved-software list, and whether it requires a signed agreement before student accounts are created. If it does, send them the data practices page and read what a data processing agreement with us looks like. Private and charter campuses often have their own rules, so ask them directly rather than assuming the district list applies.
Plain-language summary, not legal advice. Last reviewed October 2026. Laws and regulations change, so have your district's counsel confirm anything you rely on. Statute cited: Texas Education Code sections 32.151 to 32.157.
Common questions
Is ClassSense approved by the Texas Education Agency?
No, and we do not claim it. We have not built any use of the state's student identifier or signed a state data sharing agreement.
How quickly must student data be deleted in Texas?
Section 32.156 requires deletion within 60 days of a district's request, or on the schedule in the contract or terms, unless a parent consents to keeping it. ClassSense completes deletion requests within 30 days.
Does the Texas law allow adaptive learning tools?
Yes. Section 32.157 says the subchapter does not limit adaptive learning, though the other prohibitions on advertising, profiling and sale still apply.
Does my Texas district need a signed agreement with ClassSense?
That is up to your district's policy. We will work through an agreement on request.