HB 1542 — Relating to designating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records; and to declare an emergency.

25.0951.03002Sixty-ninth AdoptedLegislative byAssembly theof SenateNorth EducationDakota Title.04000In CommitteeRegular AprilSession 9,Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Sixty-ninth(Representatives LegislativeHendrix, AssemblyHeilman, Heinert, Marschall, Murphy, Novak, Schreiber-Beck) (Senators Cory, Wobbema) AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota PROPOSEDCentury AMENDMENTSCode, TOrelating HOUSEto BILLdesignating NO.student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records;

1542 Introduced by Representatives Hendrix, Heilman, Heinert, Marschall, Murphy, Novak, Schreiber-Beck Senators Cory, Wobbema A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the confidentiality ofdesignating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records;

Admissions applications to institutions of higher education - ConfidentialExempt.Exempt.

A record related to an individual's application for admission to an institution of higher education under the administration of the state board of higher education is confidentialexempt,exempt, except as otherwise provided by law.

TheSubjectSubject to the retention requirements under section 15-10-44, the record, including a record that has been disclosed under this chapter, must be destroyed upon request of the applicant or the parent or guardian of an applicant who was under eighteen years of age at the time the application was submitted.

An individual may not possessaccess aaccess or disclose an exempt record that is confidential under this section for a reason other than carrying out regular duties as an employee of an institution of higher education, except as otherwise provided under this chapter.

PageH. No.

1B. 25.0951.03002

NO.

1542 - PAGE 2 ____________________________ ____________________________ Speaker of the House President of the Senate ____________________________ ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No.

1542 and that two-thirds of the members-elect of the House of Representatives voted in favor of said law.

Vote:

Yeas 89 Nays 0 Absent 5 ____________________________ ____________________________ Speaker of the House Chief Clerk of the House This certifies that two-thirds of the members-elect of the Senate voted in favor of said law.

Vote:

Yeas 46 Nays 0 Absent 1 ____________________________ ____________________________ President of the Senate Secretary of the Senate Received by the Governor at ________M.

on _____________________________________, 2025.

Approved at ________M.

on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State