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S 3472 112th Congress Senate Education Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Judicial procedure and administration Right of privacy School administration

Uninterrupted Scholars Act

Introduced: August 1, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 14, 2013
Signed by President.
Jan 14, 2013
Became Public Law No: 112-278.
Jan 3, 2013
Presented to President.
Jan 1, 2013
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7559)
Jan 1, 2013
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR 12/30/2012 H7450)
Jan 1, 2013
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 1, 2013
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR 12/30/2012 H7450)
Dec 30, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3472.
Dec 30, 2012
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Roe (TN) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
Dec 30, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7450-7453)
Dec 30, 2012
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 17, 2012
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 17, 2012
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 17, 2012
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 17, 2012
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8091-8092)
Dec 17, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Dec 17, 2012
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 17, 2012
Received in the House.
Aug 1, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Aug 1, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Aug 1, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5880)
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 3,345 – In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Dec 17, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 17, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Uninterrupted Scholars Act (USA) - Amends provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 that prohibit the Department of Education from funding educational agencies or institutions that release student educational records (or personally identifiable information other than certain directory information) to any individual, agency, or organization without written parental consent.

Expands the list of organizations exempt from such prohibitions (thereby permitting the educational agencies or institutions participating in a Department of Education program to release records or identifiable information to such organizations without parental consent) to include an agency caseworker or other representative of a state or local child welfare agency or tribal organization authorized to access a student's case plan when such agencies or organizations are legally responsible for the care and protection of the student.

Sets forth conditions including that: (1) the education records, or the personally identifiable information contained in such records, will not be disclosed by such agency or organization, except to an individual or entity engaged in addressing the student's education needs and authorized by such agency or organization to receive such disclosure; and (2) such disclosures be consistent with applicable student record confidentiality laws of states and tribes.

Permits the release of such records and information without additional notice to parents and students when a parent is a party to a court proceeding involving child abuse and neglect or dependency matters and a court order has already been issued in the context of that proceeding.

What's happening now January 14, 2013

Became Public Law No: 112-278.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5871 Related bill A Plus Act
  • S 3478 Identical bill Uninterrupted Scholars Act
 Bill text 5 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 10, 2012
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Aug 1, 2012
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Aug 1, 2012
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