[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5871 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5871

   To amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to 
                   provide improvements to such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 31, 2012

  Ms. Bass of California (for herself, Mr. Marino, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. 
McDermott, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Stark, 
 Mr. Cicilline, and Mr. Langevin) introduced the following bill; which 
      was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to 
                   provide improvements to such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Papers Leads to 
Uninterrupted Scholars Act'' or the ``A Plus Act''.

SEC. 2. FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY.

    Section 444(b) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 
1232g(b)) (commonly known as the ``Family Educational Rights and 
Privacy Act of 1974'') is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ``or for, or 
                on behalf of, child welfare agencies for the purpose of 
                assessing policies and practices intended to improve 
                educational outcomes for students in foster care'' 
                after ``improving instruction,'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (J)(ii), by striking ``and'' 
                after the semicolon at the end;
                    (C) in subparagraph (K)(ii), by striking the period 
                at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(L) a State or local child welfare agency or tribal 
        organization (defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act) when such agency or 
        organization has responsibility for the student's placement and 
        care, provided that the education records, or the personally 
        identifiable information contained therein, of the student will 
        not be disclosed by such agency or organization except for the 
        purpose and to the extent necessary to address the student's 
        educational needs.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``, except when a 
        parent is a party to a child welfare court proceeding, and the 
        order is issued in the context of that proceeding, additional 
        notice to the parent by the educational agency or institution 
        is not required'' after ``educational institution or agency''.
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