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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1875 By: West (Tammy)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to open records; amending 51 O.S.
2011, Section 24A.16, which relates to educational
records; allowing educational institutions to
designate information as directory information;
prohibiting the release or sale of student directory
information unless disclosure is authorized by
federal or state law; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPL E OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2011, Section 24A.16, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 24A.16 A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this
section, public educational institutions and their empl oyees may
keep confidential:
1. Individual student records;
2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching material; and
3. Personal communications concerning individual students.
B. If kept, statistical information not identified with a
particular student and directory information shall be open for
inspection and copying. "Directory Except as provided in subsection
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C of this section, each educational institution may choose to
designate specific information which shall be classified as
directory information for students attending the educational
institution. In accordance with the Family Education Rights and
Privacy Act, Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and
Part 99 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, "directory
information" includes a student's name, address, telephone listing,
date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in
officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of
members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and award s
received, and the most recent previous educational institution
attended by the student. Any educational agency or institution
making public directory information shall give public notice of the
categories of information which it has designated as direct ory
information with respect to each student attending the institution
or agency and shall allow a reasonable period of time after the
notice has been given for a parent to inform the institution or
agency that any or all of the information designated shou ld not be
released without prior consent of the parent or guardian or the
student if the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
C. All educational agencies or institutions which are not the
primary custodians of student directory information of s tudents
attending the educational institution, but which are allowed to
access the information for educational purposes, shall be prohibited
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from releasing or selling any or all student directory information
unless disclosure is authorized by the Family Ed ucational Rights and
Privacy Act, Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and
Part 99 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or Section
3-168 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. A public school district may release individual stu dent
records for the current or previous school year to a school district
at which the student was previously enrolled for purposes of
evaluating educational programs and school effectiveness.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Nov ember 1, 2021.
58-1-5737 AB 12/04/20