Law / United States / 
Connecticut
Higher education and school boards: admission and aid application information not a public record, and limits on disclosing confidential applicant information to federal immigration authorities
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Access restriction
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a public institution of higher education, another state agency, a local or regional board of education or a state-administered school system, do not treat a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, a state application for student financial aid, or personally identifiable information in an application for admission as a public record, and do not disclose it under the Freedom of Information Act (section 10a-11i(a)).
- If you are an officer, employee or agent of a local or regional board of education or an institution of higher education, disclose confidential information about an individual, including information from an application for admission or financial aid or immigration status, to a federal immigration authority only with the written authorization of the individual (or of a parent or guardian of a minor or of a person not legally competent), where necessary in furtherance of a criminal investigation of terrorism, or where state or federal law requires it or a judicial warrant or court order issued by a judge or magistrate of the state or federal judicial branches (section 10a-11i(b)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 10a-11i takes applications for admission and aid out of public-record disclosure and limits disclosure of confidential applicant information to a federal immigration authority. It names no log, no record the institution keeps, no audit and no reader of a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Information in a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or a state application for student financial aid, and personally identifiable information in applications for admission to institutions of higher education, held by a state agency, a public institution of higher education or a local or regional board of education, is not a public record and is not subject to disclosure under section 1-210 of the General Statutes.
Confidential information about an individual that becomes known to an officer, employee or agent of a local or regional board of education or an institution of higher education, including information from an application for admission or financial aid or immigration status, may be disclosed to a federal immigration authority only in three cases.
The cases are written authorization from the individual or from a parent or guardian, necessity in furtherance of a criminal investigation of terrorism, and a requirement of state or federal law or a judicial warrant or court order. The June 2021 special session act that enacted section 10a-11i took effect .
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