Assembly Bill A3413

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the student privacy protection act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A3413 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-A §§20 - 23, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A8647

2021-A3413 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the student privacy protection act which prescribes when student information may be disclosed and what student information may be disclosed.

2021-A3413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3413
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   student privacy protection act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 2-A to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 2-A
                        STUDENT PRIVACY PROTECTION
 SECTION 20. SHORT TITLE.
         21. DEFINITIONS.
         22. LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT INFORMATION.
         23. NOTICE.
   § 20. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AS AND MAY BE CITED  AS
 THE "STUDENT PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT".
   § 21. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
   1.  "SCHOOL"  MEANS  ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, ANY NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND ANY
 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
   2.  "STUDENT",  "DIRECTORY  INFORMATION",  "ELIGIBLE   STUDENT",   AND
 "PERSONALLY  IDENTIFIABLE  INFORMATION"  SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS
 SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN 34 CFR 99.
   3.  "DISCLOSABLE  DIRECTORY  INFORMATION"  MEANS  WITH  RESPECT  TO  A
 STUDENT,  THE  STUDENT'S  NAME;  PHOTOGRAPH;  AGE; MAJOR FIELD OF STUDY;
 GRADE LEVEL; ENROLLMENT STATUS; DATES OF  ATTENDANCE;  PARTICIPATION  IN
 OFFICIALLY  RECOGNIZED  ACTIVITIES  AND  SPORTS;  WEIGHT  AND  HEIGHT OF
 MEMBERS OF ATHLETIC TEAMS; DEGREES, HONORS, AND AWARDS RECEIVED; AND THE
 MOST RECENT EDUCATIONAL AGENCY OR INSTITUTION ATTENDED.
   § 22. LIMITS ON DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT INFORMATION.  1.  A  SCHOOL  MAY
 DISCLOSE DIRECTORY INFORMATION ABOUT A STUDENT ONLY:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00925-01-1
              

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