87R16591 KJE-D     By: Howard H.B. No. 4096     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4096:     By:  Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 4096       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the development of model data-sharing agreements for   sharing certain student information between public schools, public   and private institutions of higher education, and other entities.          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. The agency, the   Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Texas Workforce   Commission jointly shall develop and make available the following   model data-sharing agreements for sharing information subject to   the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C.   Section 1232g) for purposes of system evaluation and improved   support of students and workforce preparation participants:                (1)  a model data-sharing agreement for public schools   and public and private institutions of higher education to share   that information with entities authorized to receive that   information for use in ongoing system evaluation and improvement   purposes or whose employees or contractors are school officials for   purposes of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974;   and                (2)  a model data-sharing agreement for reciprocal   sharing of that information between:                      (A)  public schools;                      (B)  public or private institutions of higher   education;                      (C)  state and local workforce entities; and                      (D)  entities authorized to receive that   information for use in ongoing system evaluation and improvement   purposes or whose employees or contractors are school officials for   purposes of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.