Senate Bill S41

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Restricts the distribution of students' personally identifying information and directs the commissioner of education to develop appropriate regulations regarding permitted disclosure of such information

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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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2015-S41 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S4569

2015-S41 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts the distribution of students' personally identifying information; directs the commissioner of the department of education to develop appropriate regulations regarding permitted disclosure of such information.

2015-S41 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S41 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   41

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to restricting the
  distribution  of  students'  personally  identifying  information  and
  directing  the  commissioner of the department of education to develop
  appropriate regulations regarding permitted disclosure of such  infor-
  mation

  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 section 2-e to
read as follows:
  S 2-E. DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT INFORMATION.  1. NO PUBLIC ELEMENTARY  OR
SECONDARY  SCHOOL  OR COLLEGE AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS ARTICLE,
OR CHARTER SCHOOL AS DESCRIBED IN  ARTICLE  FIFTY-SIX  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
SHALL  SELL  OR  OTHERWISE  RELEASE  PERSONALLY  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
REGARDING ANY STUDENT TO ANY THIRD PARTY.
  2. EVERY STUDENT SHALL BE ASSIGNED A UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER  BY
USE  OF  WHICH  THE  STUDENT'S INFORMATION AND INDIVIDUAL REPORTS MAY BE
ACCESSED BY THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND
TEACHERS AND BY THE STUDENT'S PARENTS.
  3. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT PROHIB-
IT THE USE BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE STATE OF UNIDENTIFIED AGGREGATE
DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRACKING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, CURRICULUM  TRACKING
AND  OVERALL  STUDENT PROGRESS, AND FOR APPLICATION OR QUALIFICATION FOR
FEDERAL FUNDS.
  S 2. The commissioner of the department of education is authorized and
directed to promulgate all rules, regulations and guidelines he  or  she
deems  necessary to allow parents or guardians to consent to the disclo-
sure of their child's information to private third parties and to imple-
ment the provisions of this act on or before its effective date.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
the  date  upon  which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all
school years commencing on or after such date.
              

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