Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 128 (2015GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Froerer, G.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/27/2015

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• amends provisions related to a record a school maintains to verify that a parent was notified of certain incidents or threats;
• requires a school to provide a student a copy of a record a school maintains at the request of the student under certain circumstances;
• requires a school to expunge a record a school maintains at the request of a student under certain circumstances; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

MAINTENANCE OF STUDENT RECORDS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Gage Froerer
Senate Sponsor: 
Ann Millner
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to public school parental notifications.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ amends provisions related to a record a school maintains to verify that a parent was
notified of certain incidents or threats;
▸ requires a school to provide a student a copy of a record a school maintains at the
request of the student under certain circumstances;
▸ requires a school to expunge a record a school maintains at the request of a student
under certain circumstances; and
▸ makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53A-11a-203
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 335
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53A-11a-203
 is amended to read:
53A-11a-203.
Parental notification of certain incidents and threats required.
(1) For purposes of this section, "parent" includes a student's guardian.
(2) A school shall:
(a) notify a parent if the parent's student threatens to commit suicide; or
(b) notify the parents of each student involved in an incident of bullying,
cyber-bullying, harassment, hazing, or retaliation, of the incident involving each parent's
student.
(3) (a) If a school notifies a parent of an incident or threat required to be reported under
Subsection (2), the school shall produce and maintain a record that verifies that the parent was
notified of the incident or threat.
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(b) A school may not:
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(i) disclose a record described in Subsection (3)(a), including any information
obtained to prepare the record, to a person other than a person authorized to receive the record
described in Subsection (3)(c); or
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(ii) use a record described in Subsection (3)(a), including any information obtained to
prepare the record, for the school's own purposes, including the following purposes:
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(A) for a report or study;
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(B) for a statistical analysis; or
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(C) to conduct research.
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(c) A school may disclose a record described in Subsection (3)(a), including any
information obtained to prepare the record:
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(i) to the parent or the parent's student; or
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(ii) to a person if required to disclose the record or information to a person pursuant to
the terms of a court order as described in Subsection 
63G-2-202
(7).
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(b) A school shall maintain a record described in Subsection (3)(a) in accordance with
the requirements of:
(i) Section 
53A-13-301
;
(ii) Section 
53A-13-302
;
(iii) 20 U.S.C. 1232g, Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; and
(iv) C.F.R. Part 99.
(4) A 
local
 school board 
or charter school governing board
 shall adopt a policy
regarding the process for:
(a) notifying a parent as required in Subsection (2); and
(b) producing and retaining a record that verifies that a parent was notified of an
incident or threat as required in Subsection (3).
(5) At the request of a parent, a school may provide information and make
recommendations related to an incident or threat described in Subsection (2).
(6) A school shall:
(a) provide a student a copy of a record maintained in accordance with this section that
relates to the student if the student requests a copy of the record; and
(b) expunge a record maintained in accordance with this section that relates to a
student if the student:
(i) has graduated from high school; and
(ii) requests the record be expunged.