Revision: May 2, 2024, 10:52 a.m.
HB 1695 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
7Mar2024... 0641h
05/02/2024 1621s
2024 SESSION
24-2527
02/08
HOUSE BILL 1695
AN ACT relative to the release of student personally identifiable information.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 14; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. Pitre, Straf. 1; Rep. L. Turcotte, Straf. 4
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the transfer of student's personally identifiable information to third parties without written consent of the parents and student.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Mar2024... 0641h
05/02/2024 1621s 24-2527
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the release of student personally identifiable information.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Data Inventory and Policies Publication; Student Personally Identifiable Information. Amend RSA 189:66, IV(c) to read as follows:
(c) The right to provide written consent before the school discloses student personally identifiable data from the student's education records, provided in applicable state and federal law.
(1) Student personally identifiable information shall only be transferred to a third party on the condition that such party will not permit any other party to have access to such information without the written consent of the parents of the student in accordance with FERPA consent exceptions.
(2) If student personally identifiable data is released to a third party, parents of the student shall be informed 14 school days before the release date, to whom the data was released, what information was released, and the education purpose for which the information will be used. For the purposes of this section, the release of student data to a third party shall not apply to the transfer of student information between the department and school districts or chartered public schools.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.