Bill Text: TX SB1856 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to confidentiality of student records.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1856 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1856-Introduced.html

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84R6001 DDT-D
By: Ellis S.B. No. 1856

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to confidentiality of student records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.114, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 552.114. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF STUDENT
RECORDS. (a) Information that constitutes education records as
that term is defined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g(a)(4)) is confidential and
excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is
maintained by an educational institution funded wholly or partly by
state revenue. This subsection does not prohibit the disclosure or
provision of information included in an education record if the
disclosure or provision is authorized by 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g or
other federal law.
(b) Information other than information covered by
Subsection (a) is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021
if it is information in a student record at an educational
institution funded wholly or partly by state revenue or in a record
of an applicant for admission to the institution, including a
transfer applicant, except as provided by Subsection (c).
(c) [(b)] A record covered by [under] Subsection (b) [(a)]
shall be made available on the request of:
(1) educational institution personnel;
(2) the student involved or the student's parent,
legal guardian, or spouse; or
(3) a person conducting a child abuse investigation
required by Subchapter D, Chapter 261, Family Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.