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.