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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 343 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 844 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jacob R. Oliveira |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act protecting public higher education student information. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 343 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 844 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Oliveira, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 844) of Jacob R. Oliveira for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to certain higher education records under the public records law. Higher |
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| 20 | 20 | | Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1356 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act protecting public higher education student information. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 66 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by adding a new section: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 22. Public institutions of higher education, as set forth in section 5 of chapter |
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| 34 | 34 | | 415A, and municipally owned institutions of higher education, shall not be required to produce |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5education records, including information designated by the public institution of higher education |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6as directory information, as defined under the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act, 20 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7U.S.C. section 1232 (g). This section shall not apply to requests from federal, state, or municipal |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8agencies. |
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