PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., and PowerSchool Group, LLC

This docket consolidates claims arising from a 2024 data security breach at PowerSchool, a widely used K-12 student information system provider, in which attackers accessed personal and educational records belonging to students and staff across a very large number of school districts nationwide that used PowerSchool's software. Centralized in the Southern District of California in April 2025, the docket carries 79 pending actions, reflecting a vendor-breach structure affecting the education sector broadly.

For a funder, this docket raises the now-familiar vendor-breach diligence question — identifying which specific school district's students and staff are implicated for a given claim and what categories of information (which for K-12 student data can include highly sensitive categories such as disciplinary records, health accommodations, or family information) were exposed. Because the affected population is largely minors, claims may also implicate heightened statutory protections under student-privacy laws such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and applicable state student-data-privacy statutes, in addition to standard data-breach negligence and consumer-protection theories.

As a data-exposure matter, medical-lien considerations do not apply even though some exposed data may include health-accommodation records. For a claimant group or firm with claims tied to a specific school district affected by this breach, Criterica Capital's commercial litigation finance line is the applicable structure, with diligence focused on that district's specific PowerSchool usage and the data categories exposed for its students and staff. A structural brief on this docket is available through Criterica Intelligence.

Pre-settlement funding is a non-recourse purchase of a portion of the proceeds of a pending legal claim — not a loan. If the case does not result in a recovery, nothing is owed. Rates, fees, and repayment terms are disclosed in full in the funding agreement, which the applicant’s attorney reviews before signing. Availability and terms vary by state.