That's what TEA is requiring school districts do. No, the TEA is not collecting this information for themselves, they are GIVING it to OZ. And, did the school districts ask parents for permission to do that? NO.

Last month, TEA told elementary school principals in a letter that they have until Feb. 22 to enter the student records in the OZ database. Some educators said they didn't question the database security because they believed the information goes to TEA and not a private vendor. 

"As adults you don't even put your Social Security card in your wallet," said Mr. Lukert, an officer with the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association. "And yet here we are required to give that information out. It doesn't make sense."

You know, social security numbers are NEVER supposed to be used for identification. People wonder about social security fraud; guess what, it's more likely when people spread the numbers around in all kinds of databases as identification!

If you don't think your child's information ought to be collected to be given to a PRIVATE company, speak up and tell the TEA AND your local school district officials.