MA H1356

Bill

Protecting public higher education student information

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to certain higher education records under the public records law. Higher Education.

AI Summary

This bill amends Massachusetts General Law Chapter 66 to exempt public and municipally-owned institutions of higher education from being required to produce education records, including information designated as "directory information" under the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act (FERPA), in response to public records requests. The exemption does not apply to requests from federal, state, or municipal agencies. The purpose of this bill is to protect the privacy of student information at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (3)

Jake Oliveira (D)*, Jessica Giannino (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4553 (on 03/24/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1356

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1356
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1356.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1333	Making public higher education in Massachusetts free for residents of the state	Accompanied a new draft, see H4694	Similar To
H1353	Protecting public higher education student information	Accompanied a new draft, see H4553	Similar To
H2786	Providing for a fair and equitable group 4 retirement benefit for police officers working on Massachusetts public higher education campuses	No further action taken	Similar To
H3239	To apply the public records law to the legislature	Accompanied a study order, see H4969	Similar To
H3693	Relative to the education of the veterans of Massachusetts	No further action taken	Similar To
H4553	Protecting public higher education student information	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1732	To provide fair working conditions for public higher education adjunct faculty	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2194	Relative to municipal light plants	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S824	Committing to higher education the resources to insure a strong and healthy public higher education system	Accompanied a new draft, see S2812	Similar To
S825	Improving access to affordable higher education	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S826	Expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children	Accompanied a study order, see S2714	Similar To
S829	To guarantee debt-free public higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see S2812	Similar To
S841	Investing in public higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see S2744	Similar To
S850	Protecting public higher education student information	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1333

Making public higher education in Massachusetts free for residents of the state

Accompanied a new draft, see H4694

Similar To

H1353

Protecting public higher education student information

Accompanied a new draft, see H4553

Similar To

H2786

Providing for a fair and equitable group 4 retirement benefit for police officers working on Massachusetts public higher education campuses

No further action taken

Similar To

H3239

To apply the public records law to the legislature

Accompanied a study order, see H4969

Similar To

H3693

Relative to the education of the veterans of Massachusetts

No further action taken

Similar To

H4553

Protecting public higher education student information

No further action taken

Replaced by

S1732

To provide fair working conditions for public higher education adjunct faculty

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2194

Relative to municipal light plants

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

S824

Committing to higher education the resources to insure a strong and healthy public higher education system

Accompanied a new draft, see S2812

Similar To

S825

Improving access to affordable higher education

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S826

Expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children

Accompanied a study order, see S2714

Similar To

S829

To guarantee debt-free public higher education

Accompanied a new draft, see S2812

Similar To

S841

Investing in public higher education

Accompanied a new draft, see S2744

Similar To

S850

Protecting public higher education student information

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

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