[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3478 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3478

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2012

 Ms. Landrieu (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Begich, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. 
 Boxer, Mr. Franken, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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 ``Uninterrupted Scholars 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 inserting after subparagraph (K) the 
                following:
            ``(L) a State or local welfare agency or tribal 
        organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)) 
        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 
        in such records, of the student will not be disclosed by the 
        agency or organization except to an individual engaged in 
        addressing the student's educational needs, and consistent with 
        the confidentiality laws in the State applicable to an 
        individual's personal records.''; 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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