H. B. 4264
(By Delegates Brown, Amores, Mahan, Poling, Talbott,
Marshall, Webster, Caputo, Moore, Hrutkay and Campbell)
[Introduced January 30, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-47, relating to
creating the Student and Family Privacy Protection Act.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-47, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-47. Student and Family Privacy Protection Act.
Each county board of education shall develop a policy
requiring high school principals to inform each high school
student, or the student's parent or legal guardian, of that
student's right under Title IX of the federal No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to request, pursuant to
Section 7908 of Title 20 of the United States Code, that the student's name, address and telephone listing not be released to
military service representatives without the prior written consent
of the parent, legal guardian or student. A form shall be provided
to the parent, legal guardian or student which clearly and
conspicuously provides notice of the right to choose whether to
disclose the information.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create the Student and
Family Privacy Protection Act.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.