Bill Text: OR SB139 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to education audits.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB139 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB139-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 513 Senate Bill 139 Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request of Secretary of State Kate Brown) SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Allows Oregon Education Investment Board to authorize Secretary of State to have access to education records of students in public education system for auditing purposes under federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to education audits; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 336.187. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + For purposes of carrying out an audit or evaluation of federal or state-supported education programs, or to enforce or comply with federal legal requirements that relate to those programs, as described in the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 C.F.R. part 99), the Oregon Education Investment Board may authorize the Secretary of State to have access to education records of students in the public education system. + } SECTION 2. ORS 336.187 is amended to read: 336.187. (1) A public school or school district shall disclose personally identifiable information or other information allowed to be disclosed by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act from an education record of a student to: (a) Law enforcement, child protective services and health care professionals in connection with a health or safety emergency if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health and safety of the student or other individuals { - ; and - } { + . + } (b) Courts and state and local juvenile justice agencies including, but not limited to, law enforcement agencies, juvenile departments and child protective service agencies. Disclosure under this paragraph must relate to the court's or juvenile justice agency's ability to serve the needs of a student prior to the student's adjudication under ORS chapter 419C. A person to whom personally identifiable information is disclosed under this paragraph shall certify, in writing, that the person will not disclose the information to a third party other than another court or juvenile justice agency or a person or organization providing direct services to the student on behalf of a juvenile justice agency. { + (c) The Secretary of State, if authorized by the Oregon Education Investment Board under section 1 of this 2013 Act. + } (2) As used in this section, a 'health or safety emergency ' includes, but is not limited to, law enforcement efforts to locate a child who may be a victim of kidnap, abduction or custodial interference and law enforcement or child protective services efforts to respond to a report of child abuse or neglect pursuant to ORS 419B.005 to 419B.050. (3) A person who receives information under this section is not liable civilly or criminally for failing to disclose the information. ----------