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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain identifying information regarding career |
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school or college students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 132.024(a)(2), Education Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Student information" means identifying |
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information [in the commission's possession] regarding a |
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student. The term includes: |
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(A) a student's name, address, telephone number, |
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social security number, e-mail address, or date of birth; |
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(B) any other identifying number or other |
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information that foreseeably could be combined with other publicly |
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available information to reveal identifying information regarding |
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the student; and |
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(C) a student's education records, as defined by |
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34 C.F.R. Section 99.3. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 132.024(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Student information in the possession of the commission |
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or a career school or college is not public information for purposes |
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of Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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(c) Unless permitted by Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Labor |
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Code, or commission rule: |
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(1)[,] a person commits an offense if the person |
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solicits, discloses, receives, or uses, or authorizes, permits, |
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participates in, or acquiesces in another person's use of, student |
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information in the commission's possession; and |
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(2) a career school or college commits an offense if |
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the career school or college discloses or disposes of student |
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information in the career school or college's possession. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |