RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 567 (HB 470) 2022 Regular Session McKnight
Existing law prohibits an official or employee of a local public school system from requiring
the collection of certain student information unless voluntarily disclosed by the parent or
legal guardian. Further prohibits any employee of a public school system from providing a
student's personally identifiable information to any person or public or private entity.
Existing law defines personally identifiable information as information about an individual
that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single
individual.
Existing law provides for exceptions to the prohibitions, including requiring public school
governing authorities, with parental permission, to collect certain personally identifiable
information for students in grades eight through 12. Authorizes the sharing of such
information with La. postsecondary education institutions, the office of student financial
assistance, and the Bd. of Regents for specific purposes.
New law provides an additional exception. Requires public school governing authorities,
with parental permission or permission of students who have reached the age of majority, to
collect social security numbers of secondary students and share them with the La. Workforce
Commission for the purpose of evaluating state and federal programs that prepare high
school students for postsecondary education, workforce training, and employment. Provides
for the commission to match the student information with the following data:
(1)Wage data.
(2)North American Industry Classification System data through the third digit.
(3)Standard Occupational Classification System data.
New law requires that any agreement for the exchange of information pursuant to new law
provide for payment of costs of wage and employment data.
Existing law provides that a person who violates existing law shall be punished by
imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than $10,000. Such
penalties apply to a violation of new law.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 17:3914(N))