87R5488 CXP-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 4096
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development of a model data-sharing agreement for
sharing student information between public schools, public and
private postsecondary educational institutions, and certain
community organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 7.012 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.012. MODEL DATA-SHARING AGREEMENTS. (a) The agency
and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board jointly shall
develop and make available a model data-sharing agreement that may
be used for sharing student information between public schools,
public and private postsecondary educational institutions, and
community organizations that support students pursuing higher
education. To receive student information under this section a
community organization must be approved for receipt of the
information by the agency or the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board.
(b) The model data-sharing agreement must:
(1) comply with:
(A) federal law regarding the confidentiality of
student information, including the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g); and
(B) any state law relating to the privacy of
student information; and
(2) protect the confidentiality of student
information shared under the data-sharing agreement.
SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall develop and make available the
model agreement required by Section 7.012, Education Code, as added
by this Act, for use beginning with the 2021-2022 school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.