Student Voter Data Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-5197
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-09-25
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5197 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Schmitt ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To establish a rule of construction regarding consent for disclosure of personally identifiable information under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Voter Data Protection Act . 2. FERPA Rule Section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1232g , commonly known as the “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974”) is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted or construed to allow an educational agency or institution to disclose personally identifiable information, including directory information, from a student for the purpose of measuring voter registration or the voting rates of students enrolled at an institution of higher education, without the consent required by this section, including consent specified in section 99.30 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations). .