86R11230 CAE-D
By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 2691
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restricting the use of personally identifiable student
information by an operator of a website, online service, online
application, or mobile application used for a school purpose.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.155, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 32.155. PROTECTION OF COVERED INFORMATION. (a) An
operator must implement and maintain reasonable security
procedures and practices designed to protect any covered
information from unauthorized access, deletion, use, modification,
or disclosure.
(b) The agency and any operator that possesses any covered
information must use the unique identifier system established by
the Texas Student Data System (TSDS) or a successor data management
system maintained by the agency for any account creation, data
upload, data transmission, analysis, or reporting to mask all
personally identifiable student information. Any operator
conducting business with the agency or a school district,
open-enrollment charter school, regional education service center,
or other local education agency shall adhere to a state required
student data sharing agreement that includes an established data
masking standard for all operators as prescribed by the agency.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.