S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 26, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the alter-
ing of a student's official records, files and/or data
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 225 of the education law, as
added by chapter 443 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
9-a. Knowingly and willfully make an unauthorized and false alter-
ation or representation of any [grade, credit, honor, award or standing
in the permanent record or transcript of any student] OFFICIAL RECORDS,
FILES, AND/OR DATA RELATED TO A STUDENT AND MAINTAINED BY A SCHOOL OR
COLLEGE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE REGENTS, THE COMMISSIONER, OR THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
RECORDS ENCOMPASSING ANY OF THE MATERIAL KEPT IN THE STUDENT'S RECORD
SUCH AS IDENTIFYING DATA, GRADES, ATHLETIC RECORDS, RECORDS OF ATTEND-
ANCE AND OF ACADEMIC WORK COMPLETED, RECORDS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND
ASSESSMENT RESULTS, DISCIPLINARY RECORDS, INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION
PROGRAMS, OR ANY INFORMATION INCLUDED AS PART OF A STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL
RECORD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 99.3 OF TITLE THIRTY-FOUR OF THE CODE OF
FEDERAL REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND
PRIVACY ACT, SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-G OF TITLE TWENTY OF THE
UNITED STATES CODE, AS SUCH FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS ARE FROM TIME TO
TIME AMENDED, with respect to a school or college under the supervision
of the regents, the commissioner, or the university of the state of New
York.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15414-02-6
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