The Board authorized the district’s participation with the RIC ONE Risk Operations Center (ROC) for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to improve vendor management and data security and privacy practices. Through its Regional Information Center, the district will allow the ROC and its attorneys to negotiate Ed Law 2-d–compliant Data Privacy Agreements (DPAs) with software vendors and third-party contractors, with final execution decisions retained by the district. This move signals an active focus on student data privacy, vendor risk management, and compliance with New York Education Law Section 2-d and Part 121. IT and EdTech vendors targeting Islip UFSD must ensure their solutions and contracts align with ROC-negotiated DPA templates; consulting and security firms can also position services around privacy impact assessments, data governance, and integration of new tools under these stricter requirements.

The district reserves the right to decide which ROC-negotiated DPAs and related software/technology ...