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2015 SESSION

15100468D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1334
Offered January 14, 2015
Prefiled November 25, 2014
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-287.02, relating to students' personally identifiable information.
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Patron-- Landes
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-287.02 as follows:

§ 22.1-287.02. Students' personally identifiable information.

A. The Department of Education shall develop and make publicly available on its website policies to ensure state and local compliance with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g) and state law applicable to students' personally identifiable information, including policies for (i) access to students' personally identifiable information and (ii) the approval of requests for student data from public and private entities and individuals for the purpose of research.

B. The Department of Education and each local school division shall notify, as soon as practicable, the parent of any student whose personally identifiable information could reasonably be assumed to have been disclosed in violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g) or state law applicable to such information. Such notification shall include the (i) date, estimated date, or date range of the disclosure; (ii) type of information that was or is reasonably believed to have been disclosed; and (iii) remedial measures taken or planned in response to the disclosure.