HR 516
108th Congress
House
Education
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Home schooling
Parent-school relationships
Right of privacy
Secondary education
Student records
Students' rights
To amend the General Education Provisions Act to clarify the definition of a student regarding family educational and privacy rights.
Introduced: January 31, 2003
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Jan 31, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 31, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to extend to families of home-schooled children certain educational and privacy rights currently available to families of public school students.
Revises the definition of student for purposes of coverage regarding such family educational and privacy rights (under GEPA provisions which are also known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974).
Includes under such coverage any person educated at a home school (whether or not State law treats a home school as a home school or a private school), if an educational agency or institution maintains education records or personally identifiable information on such person (whether or not the home-schooled person is in attendance at the agency or institution). (Current law excludes all those who are not in attendance at the agency or institution.)
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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