87R8093 MM-D
 
  By: Hunter H.B. No. 3812
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the release of student directory information by a
  public institution of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.9716 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.9716.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF STUDENT DIRECTORY
  INFORMATION.  (a)  In this section, "institution of higher
  education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) and to provide
  privacy protections in addition to those provided under the Family
  Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section
  1232g), an institution of higher education may not sell or release
  information the institution designates as directory information
  about a student under that federal law, including the student's
  name, e-mail address, physical address, and telephone number,
  unless the student or the student's parent, if applicable, provides
  the institution written consent.
         (c)  An institution of higher education is not prohibited
  from releasing designated directory information if the institution
  releases the information under an exception provided under the
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C.
  Section 1232g(b)) for the release of education records without the
  written consent of a student or a student's parent, if applicable.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.