1-1 By: Nelson S.B. No. 1743 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 30, 2001, 1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 30, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1743 By: Bivins 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to a school district's release of certain student 1-10 directory information. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Section 552.114, Government Code, is amended by 1-13 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as 1-14 follows: 1-15 (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 1-16 552.021 if it is: 1-17 (1) information in a student record at an educational 1-18 institution, other than a public school district, funded wholly or 1-19 partly by state revenue; or 1-20 (2) information in a student record at a public school 1-21 district and not designated by the district as directory 1-22 information, as that term is defined by the Family Educational 1-23 Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g(a)) and its 1-24 subsequent amendments. 1-25 (c) A public school district may designate as directory 1-26 information any or all information defined as directory information 1-27 by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. 1-28 Section 1232g(a)) and its subsequent amendments. A district must 1-29 comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 1-30 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g) and its subsequent amendments before 1-31 releasing any designated directory information. 1-32 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-33 * * * * *