Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF3110 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to government data practices; allowing disclosures of private student
3	3	1.3 personal contact information to legislators and photographers for specified purposes;
4	4	1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivision 3.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.32, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 3.Private data; when disclosure is permitted.Except as provided in subdivision
8	8	1.85, educational data is private data on individuals and shall not be disclosed except as follows:
9	9	1.9 (a) pursuant to section 13.05;
10	10	1.10 (b) pursuant to a valid court order;
11	11	1.11 (c) pursuant to a statute specifically authorizing access to the private data;
12	12	1.12 (d) to disclose information in health, including mental health, and safety emergencies
13	13	1.13pursuant to the provisions of United States Code, title 20, section 1232g(b)(1)(I), and Code
14	14	1.14of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.36;
15	15	1.15 (e) pursuant to the provisions of United States Code, title 20, sections 1232g(b)(1),
16	16	1.16(b)(4)(A), (b)(4)(B), (b)(1)(B), (b)(3), (b)(6), (b)(7), and (i), and Code of Federal Regulations,
17	17	1.17title 34, sections 99.31, 99.32, 99.33, 99.34, 99.35, and 99.39;
18	18	1.18 (f) to appropriate health authorities to the extent necessary to administer immunization
19	19	1.19programs and for bona fide epidemiologic investigations which the commissioner of health
20	20	1.20determines are necessary to prevent disease or disability to individuals in the public
21	21	1.21educational agency or institution in which the investigation is being conducted;
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	REVISOR VH/EN 25-0514803/21/25
24	24	State of Minnesota
25	25	This Document can be made available
26	26	in alternative formats upon request
27	27	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
28	28	H. F. No. 3110
29	29	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	30	Authored by McDonald, Kresha and Hudson04/03/2025
31	31	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law 2.1 (g) when disclosure is required for institutions that participate in a program under title
32	32	2.2IV of the Higher Education Act, United States Code, title 20, section 1092;
33	33	2.3 (h) to the appropriate school district officials to the extent necessary under subdivision
34	34	2.46, annually to indicate the extent and content of remedial instruction, including the results
35	35	2.5of assessment testing and academic performance at a postsecondary institution during the
36	36	2.6previous academic year by a student who graduated from a Minnesota school district within
37	37	2.7two years before receiving the remedial instruction;
38	38	2.8 (i) to appropriate authorities as provided in United States Code, title 20, section
39	39	2.91232g(b)(1)(E)(ii), if the data concern the juvenile justice system and the ability of the
40	40	2.10system to effectively serve, prior to adjudication, the student whose records are released;
41	41	2.11provided that the authorities to whom the data are released submit a written request for the
42	42	2.12data that certifies that the data will not be disclosed to any other person except as authorized
43	43	2.13by law without the written consent of the parent of the student and the request and a record
44	44	2.14of the release are maintained in the student's file;
45	45	2.15 (j) to volunteers who are determined to have a legitimate educational interest in the data
46	46	2.16and who are conducting activities and events sponsored by or endorsed by the educational
47	47	2.17agency or institution for students or former students;
48	48	2.18 (k) to provide student recruiting information, from educational data held by colleges
49	49	2.19and universities, as required by and subject to Code of Federal Regulations, title 32, section
50	50	2.20216;
51	51	2.21 (l) to the juvenile justice system if information about the behavior of a student who poses
52	52	2.22a risk of harm is reasonably necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other
53	53	2.23individuals;
54	54	2.24 (m) with respect to Social Security numbers of students in the adult basic education
55	55	2.25system, to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the Department of Employment
56	56	2.26and Economic Development for the purpose and in the manner described in section 124D.52,
57	57	2.27subdivision 7;
58	58	2.28 (n) to the commissioner of education for purposes of an assessment or investigation of
59	59	2.29a report of alleged maltreatment of a student as mandated by chapter 260E. Upon request
60	60	2.30by the commissioner of education, data that are relevant to a report of maltreatment and are
61	61	2.31from charter school and school district investigations of alleged maltreatment of a student
62	62	2.32must be disclosed to the commissioner, including, but not limited to, the following:
63	63	2.33 (1) information regarding the student alleged to have been maltreated;
64	64	2Section 1.
65	65	REVISOR VH/EN 25-0514803/21/25 3.1 (2) information regarding student and employee witnesses;
66	66	3.2 (3) information regarding the alleged perpetrator; and
67	67	3.3 (4) what corrective or protective action was taken, if any, by the school facility in response
68	68	3.4to a report of maltreatment by an employee or agent of the school or school district;
69	69	3.5 (o) when the disclosure is of the final results of a disciplinary proceeding on a charge
70	70	3.6of a crime of violence or nonforcible sex offense to the extent authorized under United
71	71	3.7States Code, title 20, section 1232g(b)(6)(A) and (B), and Code of Federal Regulations,
72	72	3.8title 34, sections 99.31(a)(13) and (14);
73	73	3.9 (p) when the disclosure is information provided to the institution under United States
74	74	3.10Code, title 42, section 14071, concerning registered sex offenders to the extent authorized
75	75	3.11under United States Code, title 20, section 1232g(b)(7);
76	76	3.12 (q) when the disclosure is to a parent of a student at an institution of postsecondary
77	77	3.13education regarding the student's violation of any federal, state, or local law or of any rule
78	78	3.14or policy of the institution, governing the use or possession of alcohol or of a controlled
79	79	3.15substance, to the extent authorized under United States Code, title 20, section 1232g(i), and
80	80	3.16Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.31(a)(15), and provided the institution has
81	81	3.17an information release form signed by the student authorizing disclosure to a parent. The
82	82	3.18institution must notify parents and students about the purpose and availability of the
83	83	3.19information release forms. At a minimum, the institution must distribute the information
84	84	3.20release forms at parent and student orientation meetings;
85	85	3.21 (r) a student's name, home address, telephone number, email address, or other personal
86	86	3.22contact information may be disclosed to:
87	87	3.23 (1) a public library for purposes of issuing a library card to the student;
88	88	3.24 (2) an elected state official for the purpose of sending a congratulatory letter; or
89	89	3.25 (3) an approved school photographer for the purpose of sending a solicitation for senior
90	90	3.26portraits; or
91	91	3.27 (s) with federally recognized Tribal Nations about Tribally enrolled or descendant
92	92	3.28students to the extent necessary for the Tribal Nation and school district or charter school
93	93	3.29to support the educational attainment of the student.
94	94	3Section 1.
95	95	REVISOR VH/EN 25-0514803/21/25