Technology and Data Privacy Advisory Committee

As defined in the Board policy’s GP-06: Board Committee Principles, TDPAC will:

• Assess the instructional technology needs of the district to advise on specific goals.
• Review the technology policies and district’s technology plan to evaluate and advise on issues related to target areas.
• Draft recommendations in support of how to allocate technology funds associated with infrastructure, integration, innovation and professional development.
• Review security policies, data governance, and data privacy standards for best practices and make recommendations to the Board to accept or suggest modifications.
• At the request of the Board, report on policy, operational, administrative and technological processes and procedures that relate to sensitive data, balancing security and privacy, data integrity and other privacy-related matters.
• Promote a culture that embraces data privacy to include employees, students, parents, contractors and state and federal partners.
• When requested, provide feedback on current and planned or emerging technologies, including risks and impacts on data governance and security policies.
• Review infrastructure, forecasts for demand and budget for wired and wireless bandwidth, processing and storage  including data center, wide area network (WAN) and school sites.
• Review the district's cloud strategy to use computing technology and services whenever possible.
• Provide insight on industry standards, changes and updates to educate district personnel on emerging technologies and innovations.

• Eliza Behrerkapit, community member
• Jason Cook, community member
• Jason Livingston, community member
• Erin Norton, community member - Chair
• Phil Romig III, community member
• Keel Ross, community member
• Alison Stafford, community member
• Emily Sullivan, community member
• Byron Thornburgh, community member
• Michael Wright, community member
• Marc Long, community member
• Kara Zucker, community member
• Scott Schafer, community member
• Tracy Dorland, Superintendent
• Jill Ibeck, Chief Information Officer
• Trace Faust, Facilitator
• Christopher Linton, Director of Information Security & IdAM
• Hilary Young, Executive Director, Infrastructure
• Sean McDermid, Director, Student Technology Services
• Kevin Hahn, Director, Enterprise Data Services
• Jeremy Felker, Executive Director, Student-Instructional Data Reporting
• Carol Eaton, Executive Director, Instructional Data Reporting
• Brett Adams, Director, Purchasing Services
• Floy Jeffares, Contract administrator

• Colorado Law: Student Data Transparency and Security Act
• District data privacy and security information
• District policy GP-07 on committee structure
• Family Education Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA)