87R5488 CXP-D     By: Howard H.B. No. 4096       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the development of a model data-sharing agreement for   sharing student information between public schools, public and   private postsecondary educational institutions, and certain   community organizations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 7, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 7.012 to read as follows:          Sec. 7.012.  MODEL DATA-SHARING AGREEMENTS. (a) The agency   and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board jointly shall   develop and make available a model data-sharing agreement that may   be used for sharing student information between public schools,   public and private postsecondary educational institutions, and   community organizations that support students pursuing higher   education.  To receive student information under this section a   community organization must be approved for receipt of the   information by the agency or the Texas Higher Education   Coordinating Board.          (b)  The model data-sharing agreement must:                (1)  comply with:                      (A)  federal law regarding the confidentiality of   student information, including the Family Educational Rights and   Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g); and                      (B)  any state law relating to the privacy of   student information; and                (2)  protect the confidentiality of student   information shared under the data-sharing agreement.          SECTION 2.  The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher   Education Coordinating Board shall develop and make available the   model agreement required by Section 7.012, Education Code, as added   by this Act, for use beginning with the 2021-2022 school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2021.