SB 1520 — AN ACT CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION RECORDS.

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FLEXER of the 29th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION RECORDS.

ThisGovernor's actAction: shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

SectionApproved 1June July30, 1, 2025 1-210(b)(17) GAE Joint Favorable SB1520 / File No.

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657 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill clarifies an existing exemption under the Freedom of Information Act resulting in no fiscal impact to the state or municipalities.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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657 OLR Bill Analysis SB 1520 AN ACT CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION RECORDS.

SUMMARY This bill specifies that the Freedom of Information Act’s disclosure exemption for recordscovered by the federalFamily Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) applies to education, rather than “educational,” records exempt from FERPA, which conforms with terminology used in FERPA (20 U.S.C.

§ 1232g(4)).

It also specifies that the exemption applies to FERPA as it existed on January 3, 2012.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2025 BACKGROUND Related Bill HB 6882 (File 81), reported favorably by the Government Oversight Committee, has a substantially similar provision (it does not specify the applicable FERPA revision date).

COMMITTEE ACTION Government Administration and Elections Committee Joint Favorable Yea 18 Nay 1 (03/26/2025) SB1520 / File No.

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