By:  Nelson                                           S.B. No. 1743
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a school district's release of certain student
 1-3     directory information.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 552.114, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           (a)  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section
 1-9     552.021 if it is:
1-10                 (1)  information in a student record at an educational
1-11     institution, other than a public school district, funded wholly or
1-12     partly by state revenue; or
1-13                 (2)  information in a student record at a public school
1-14     district and not designated by the district as directory
1-15     information, as that term is defined by the Family Educational
1-16     Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g(a)) and its
1-17     subsequent amendments.
1-18           (c)  A public school district may designate as directory
1-19     information any or all information defined as directory information
1-20     by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C.
1-21     Section 1232g(a)) and its subsequent amendments.  A district must
1-22     comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
1-23     (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g) and its subsequent amendments before
1-24     releasing any designated directory information.
1-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.