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31	28		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	30		1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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35	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
36	33		FOR
37		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 2696 By: Ford of the House
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	34	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 2696 By: Ford
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47	40		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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49	42		An Act relating to the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
50	43		amending 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.16, as amended by
51	44		Section 1, Chapter 86, O.S.L. 2024 (51 O.S. Supp.
52	45		2024, Section 24A.16), which relates to educational
53	46		records; requiring schools to release certain records
54	47		to parents, guardians, or adult students; requiring
55	48		records to be provided in a timely manner; manda ting
56	49		that certain record requests be provided for free;
57	50		specifying that certain information cannot be
58	51		omitted; providing examples of certain records; and
59	52		providing an effective date.
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64	57		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
65	58		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.16, as
66	59		amended by Section 1, Chapter 86, O.S.L. 2024 (51 O.S. Supp. 2024,
67	60		Section 24A.16), is amended to read as follows:
	61	+	Section 24A.16. A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this
	62	+	section, public educational institutions and their employees may
	63	+	keep confidential:
	64	+	1. Individual student records;
	65	+	2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching material;
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95		-	Section 24A.16. A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this
96		-	section, public educational institutions and their employees may
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98		-	1. Individual student records;
99		-	2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching materia l;
100	92		3. Personal communications concerning individual students; and
101	93		4. Any contract for use of a student athlete’s name, image, or
102	94		likeness disclosed to a postsecondary institution pursuant to the
103	95		Student Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Rights Act.
104	96		B. If kept, statistical information not identified with a
105	97		particular student and directory i nformation shall be open for
106	98		inspection and copying. Except as provided in subsection C of this
107	99		section, each educational institution may choose to designate
108	100		specific information which shall be classified as directory
109	101		information for students attending th e educational institution. In
110	102		accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,
111	103		Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and Part 99 of
112	104		Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, “directory information”
113	105		includes a student’s name, address, telephone listing, date and
114	106		place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially
115	107		recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of
116	108		athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received,
117	109		and the most recent previous educational institution attended by the
118	110		student. Any educational agency or institution making public
	111	+	directory information shall give public notice of the categories of
	112	+	information which it has designated as directory information with
	113	+	respect to each student attending the institution or agency and
	114	+	shall allow a reasonable period of time after the notice has been
	115	+	given for a parent or guardian to inform the institution or agency
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146		-	directory information shall give public notice of the cate gories of
147		-	information which it has designated as directory information with
148		-	respect to each student attending the institution or agency and
149		-	shall allow a reasonable period of time after the notice has bee n
150		-	given for a parent or guardian to inform the institution or agency
151	142		that any or all of the information designated should not be released
152	143		without prior consent of the parent or guardian or the student if
153	144		the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
154	145		C. All educational agencies or institutions which are not the
155	146		primary custodians of student directory information of students
156	147		attending the educational institution, but which are allowed to
157	148		access the information for educational purposes, shall be prohibited
158	149		from releasing or selling any or all student directory information
159	150		unless disclosure is authorized by the Family Educational Rights and
160	151		Privacy Act, Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and
161	152		Part 99 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or Section
162	153		3-168 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
163	154		D. A public school district may release individual student
164	155		records for the current or previous school year to a school district
165	156		at which the student was previously enrolled for purposes of
166	157		evaluating educational programs and school effectiveness.
167	158		E. Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, public
168	159		educational institutions and their employees shall release all
169	160		requested student records to the student's parent or guardian, or to
	161	+	the student themselves if he or she is eighteen (18) years of age or
	162	+	older, if the records are requested by the parent, guardian, or the
	163	+	adult student. Such records shall be provided in a timely manner in
	164	+	accordance with the Oklahoma Open Records Act. An educational
	165	+	institution shall provide such records free of charge, and shall not
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197		-	the student themselves if he or she is eighteen (18) years of age or
198		-	older, if the records are requested by the parent, guardian, or the
199		-	adult student. Such records shall be provided in a timely manner in
200		-	accordance with the Oklahoma Open Records Act. An educatio nal
201		-	institution shall provide such records free of c harge, and shall not
202	192		redact or otherwise omit any information from the record, unless
203	193		including such information would violate the law. Records related
204	194		to a student include, but are not limited to, personal
205	195		communications concerning the student related to IEPs, behaviors
206	196		that result in a disciplinary action, or official school activities
207	197		including student-teacher meetings, any school staff or teacher
208	198		correspondence, individual student records, meeting notes, student
209	199		athlete contracts, proposed changes to an Individualized Education
210	200		Program or other program for students with disabilities, stu dent
211	201		assessments, progress reports, and internal complaints and
212	202		recommendations regarding the student.
213	203		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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215		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OVERSIGHT, dated
216		-	02/26/2025 - DO PASS, As Amended.
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