The Department of Education, in consultation with the Commission for Educational Technology, shall provide written guidance to local and regional boards of education concerning the implementation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time, and the laws relating to student data privacy, set forth in sections 10-234aa to 10-234dd, inclusive, and section 10-234ff. Such written guidance shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) a plain language explanation of how such student data privacy laws are to be implemented, (2) information about the uniform student data privacy terms-of-service agreement addendum, described in section 10-234ff, and (3) how such addendum may be incorporated into contracts executed pursuant to section 10-234bb.
(P.A. 17-200, S. 3; P.A. 18-125, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 17-200 effective July 10, 2017; P.A. 18-125 added “, in consultation with the Commission for Educational Technology,”, replaced “guidance” with “written guidance”, replaced “provisions of” with “laws relating to student data privacy, set forth in”, added reference to Sec. 10-234ff, and added Subdivs. (1) to (3) re content of written guidance, effective July 1, 2018.