In 2009, Governor Jon Huntsman signed an application to the U.S. Department of Education, the purpose of which was to obtain federal “stimulus” dollars. Without legislative authorization or guarantee, the Governor unilaterally made four assurances to the federal government.  A promise to “establish a longitudinal data system.” Within a year’s time through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

They provide your child’s personal data to Alliance members, and aggregate and supply the data to other interested parties. The state legislature didn’t authorize it. And the State Board of Education—the governing body for the Utah State Office of Education did not vote on it.