87R16591 KJE-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 4096
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4096:
By: Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 4096
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development of model data-sharing agreements for
sharing certain student information between public schools, public
and private institutions of higher education, and other entities.
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. The agency, the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Texas Workforce
Commission jointly shall develop and make available the following
model data-sharing agreements for sharing information subject to
the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C.
Section 1232g) for purposes of system evaluation and improved
support of students and workforce preparation participants:
(1) a model data-sharing agreement for public schools
and public and private institutions of higher education to share
that information with entities authorized to receive that
information for use in ongoing system evaluation and improvement
purposes or whose employees or contractors are school officials for
purposes of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974;
and
(2) a model data-sharing agreement for reciprocal
sharing of that information between:
(A) public schools;
(B) public or private institutions of higher
education;
(C) state and local workforce entities; and
(D) entities authorized to receive that
information for use in ongoing system evaluation and improvement
purposes or whose employees or contractors are school officials for
purposes of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.