| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4266 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 22, 2024. |
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| 5 | 5 | | The committee on Higher Education to whom was referred the petition |
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| 6 | 6 | | (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 844) of Jacob R. Oliveira for legislation |
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| 7 | 7 | | relative to certain higher education records under the public records law |
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| 8 | 8 | | and the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1283) of Michael J. |
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| 9 | 9 | | Moran and others relative to public higher education student information, |
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| 10 | 10 | | reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4266) |
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| 11 | 11 | | ought to pass. |
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| 12 | 12 | | For the committee, |
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| 13 | 13 | | DAVID M. ROGERS. 1 of 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | FILED ON: 1/18/2024 |
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| 15 | 15 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4266 |
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| 16 | 16 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 17 | 17 | | _______________ |
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| 18 | 18 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 20 | 20 | | _______________ |
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| 21 | 21 | | An Act protecting public higher education student information. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 23 | 23 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1 Chapter 66 of the General Laws is amended by adding at the end a new section: |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2 Section 22: Public colleges and universities as defined in Section 5 of Chapter 15A shall |
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| 26 | 26 | | 3not be required to produce records defined as education records in the Family Education Rights |
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| 27 | 27 | | 4and Privacy Act (20 USC 11232g) at 34 CFR § 99.3, including those education records |
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| 28 | 28 | | 5designated by the public colleges and universities as directory information as defined in FERPA |
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| 29 | 29 | | 6at 34 CFR § 99.3. This section shall not apply to requests from federal, state, or municipal |
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| 30 | 30 | | 7agencies. |
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