87R4492 KJE-D
 
  By: Creighton, Powell S.B. No. 788
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the development of a model data-sharing agreement for
  sharing student information between public schools and public and
  private postsecondary educational institutions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 7.012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7.012.  MODEL DATA-SHARING AGREEMENTS. (a) The
  agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the
  Texas Workforce Commission jointly shall develop and make available
  a model data-sharing agreement that may be used for sharing student
  information between public schools and public and private
  postsecondary educational institutions.
         (b)  The model data-sharing agreement must comply with
  federal law regarding the confidentiality of student information,
  including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20
  U.S.C. Section 1232g), and any state law relating to the privacy of
  student information.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.