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Senate Bill 256 |
Senate Author: Williams |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
House Sponsor: Brown, Fred |
Senate Bill 256 amends the Education Code to require a school district to provide each district student's parent a written notice of the provisions of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regarding the release of directory information about the student and written notice of the parent's right under that act to object to the release of such information. The bill sets forth specific content and format requirements for the notice and requires the notice to include a form such as a check-off list or similar mechanism that allows a parent to record the parent's (1) objection to the release of any or all of the directory information if district policy permits the parent to object to one or more specific categories of information, (2) objection to the release of certain information to a military recruiter or college or university, or (3) consent to the release of information for a limited school-sponsored purpose under certain conditions.
The bill allows a district to designate as directory information any or all information defined as such by FERPA, provides that directory information not designated as such by the district is excepted from disclosure under the state's public information laws, and similarly protects directory information whose release for limited school-sponsored purposes has been approved by a parent.