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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 20, 2020.

The committee on Higher Education, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1237) of Michael J. Moran and Louis L. Kafka  relative to public higher education student information, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4420) ought to pass.

For the committee,

JEFFREY N. ROY.

        FILED ON: 2/4/2020

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4420

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act protecting public higher education student information.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 66 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding a new section:

Section 22.  Public institutions of higher education, as set forth in section 5 of chapter 15A, and municipally owned institutions of higher education, shall not be required to produce education records, including information designated by the public institution of higher education as directory information, as defined under the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act, 20 U.S.C. section 1232 (g).  This section shall not apply to requests from federal, state, or municipal agencies.