In one report, Online and Observed: Student Privacy Implications of School Issued Devices and Student Activity Monitoring Software. Researchers discovered that one of the major driving factors for schools using this online monitoring software was to “satisfy perceived legal and funding requirements. Many district participants believed that the student activity monitoring software was required for compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), as well as to access funding through the E-rate program.