FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 262

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LINTON (Sponsor) AND PHILLIPS.

Read 1st time January 4, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 160, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section, relating to certain public school records.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 160, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 160.067, to read as follows:

160.067. 1. All personally identifiable student records maintained by a public elementary or secondary school shall be kept in such a manner that such records shall not be open for inspection to persons not employed by the school district, except as otherwise provided by law or as otherwise provided pursuant to 34 CFR Part 99. Any personally identifiable student records maintained on electronic media shall be maintained in such a manner as to assure that there is no access to such records by any unauthorized person. No personally identifiable student records, however maintained, shall be made available to any person who is not employed by the school district, except:

(1) With the prior written permission of the parent, guardian or other custodian of a student under the age of eighteen years; or

(2) With the prior written permission of the parent, guardian or other custodian of the student or the student, if the student is eighteen years of age or older; or

(3) In response to a subpoena in a pending civil or criminal action.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to section 160.261, 167.115, RSMo, or 167.117, RSMo.


Missouri House of Representatives