25.0951.03002
Title.04000
Adopted by the Senate Education
Committee
Sixty-ninth
April 9, 2025
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Hendrix, Heilman, Heinert, Marschall, Murphy, Novak, Schreiber-Beck
Senators Cory, Wobbema
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota
Century Code, relating to the confidentiality ofdesignating student applications for admission to
an institution of higher education as exempt records; and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
and enacted as follows:
Admissions applications to institutions of higher education - Confidential Exempt .
A record related to an individual's application for admission to an institution of higher
education under the administration of the state board of higher education is confidential exempt ,
except as otherwise provided by law. The Subject to the retention requirements under section
15 - 10 - 44, the record , including a record that has been disclosed under this chapter, must be
destroyed upon request of the applicant or the parent or guardian of an applicant who was
under eighteen years of age at the time the application was submitted. An individual may not
possess a access or disclose an exempt record that is confidential under this section for a
reason other than carrying out regular duties as an employee of an institution of higher
education , except as otherwise provided under this chapter .
SECTION 2. EMERGENCY. This Act is declared to be an emergency measure.
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