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Hi everyone,

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) published their 2026 Dirty Dozen list last week, which names the top 12 mainstream contributors who profit, enable and facilitate sexual exploitation/abuse on their platforms.

Google Chromebook is on the list.

Some fast facts about Chromebooks in K-12 schools:

• In 2024, over 38 million students used Chromebooks in K-12 schools worldwide and 93% of U.S. school districts planned to purchase Chromebooks in 2025.

• As of 2025, education accounts for 60.1% of the global Chromebook market share.

• The Chromebook market reached $14.7 billion in 2025 and is projected to hit $42.85 billion by 2034.

• In 2022, a survey of 1,353 U.S. teens (ages 13-17) found 73% had seen pornography, with 41% among those who had been exposed reporting seeing pornography during the school day. Of teens who had seen pornography during the school day, nearly half (44%) reported having viewed pornography on school-owned device.

Please, everyone.

We know that technology is advancing quicker in the real world than us adults can keep up with, than the laws can keep up with, and than our classrooms and job markets can keep up with...So why are we turning a blind eye to our children using it in their schools?

Where is the research/data indicating that these devices are helping our children stay safe, healthy and learning in their classrooms? Where is the research indicating that these devices are safe, legal and effective in their classrooms?

Is this something anyone could please share with me? And if so, is it a source that isn't an EdTech source (Google, IXL, i-Ready, etc...), please?

I have been appealing to our state's elected officials to codify EdTech opt-out rights for CO families in schools and have already heard back from some representatives, including my county Senator Kipp (thank you, Senator).

My children are too small for school but I have been having various conversations with my different public school district administrators (thank you for your correspondences and for meeting with me).

I was told by an elementary school principal that the school could accommodate pencil and paper in place of Chromebooks for my children upon further collaboration with teachers...

But what if a teacher doesn't want to honor this accommodation?

What about my children's middle and high school teachers?

Do my children's taxpayer-funded public educations now hinge off of a pinky promise?

Until these opt-out rights are legally recognized, do I need a behavior plan, medical evaluation or something else from a doctor or another accredited professional to affirm my family's rights to opt my children out of EdTech products in their classrooms (that us grown ups still don't fully understand the capabilities of)?

Please reference pg. 2 of the attachment from the EdTech Law Center under the section EdTech takes and uses children's information without consent:

Many companies circumvent parental notice and consent entirely, seeking consent only from school administrators—even over parents’ objections. Nothing in the law supports that theory of consent. Rather, parents have a right to know what information private companies collect about their kids and how it’s being used, and they have a right to say no to it.

Please understand: I want to opt my children out of K-12 education technology products, not out of K-12 technology education.

It feels silly asking for this, but I'm not alone. Vermont, Rhode Island and Utah — among a growing list of states — are taking another look at how they can protect families and children in their classroom from the harms of EdTech products.

Please help me and my family. Please help other Colorado families. And if you know of or have your own children who have been harmed by EdTech products, please help them, too.

Thank you,