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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the development of model data-sharing agreements for |
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sharing certain student information between public schools, public |
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and private institutions of higher education, and other entities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 7.012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.012. MODEL DATA-SHARING AGREEMENTS. The agency, the |
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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Texas Workforce |
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Commission jointly shall develop and make available the following |
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model data-sharing agreements for sharing information subject to |
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the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. |
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Section 1232g) for purposes of system evaluation and improved |
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support of students and workforce preparation participants: |
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(1) a model data-sharing agreement for public schools |
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and public and private institutions of higher education to share |
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that information with entities authorized to receive that |
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information for use in ongoing system evaluation and improvement |
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purposes or whose employees or contractors are school officials for |
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purposes of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974; |
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and |
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(2) a model data-sharing agreement for reciprocal |
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sharing of that information between: |
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(A) public schools; |
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(B) public or private institutions of higher |
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education; |
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(C) state and local workforce entities; and |
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(D) entities authorized to receive that |
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information for use in ongoing system evaluation and improvement |
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purposes or whose employees or contractors are school officials for |
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purposes of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |