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Student information: what a local public school board's contract with a service provider must contain
La. R.S. 17:3914(F)(1), (3) and (4)
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Contract terms, Governance
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a local public school board and you contract with a public or private entity for student and other education services, include in the contract requirements for guidelines on authorizing and authenticating access to the computer systems that store student information, privacy compliance standards, privacy and security audits performed under the direction of the local school superintendent, breach planning, notification and remediation procedures, information storage, retention and disposition policies, and disposal of all information from the contractor's servers on termination (La. R.S. 17:3914(F)(3)).
- Provide in the contract that, on termination, all information removed from the contractor's servers is returned to the school board (La. R.S. 17:3914(F)(3)).
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If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
A person who knowingly and willingly violates the contract provisions of subsection F of La. R.S. 17:3914 is fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both.
Penalty structure
A person who knowingly and willingly violates subsection F is fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Fixed cap
- 10,000
What this law does
Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(F)(1), a local public school board may contract with a public or private entity for student and other education services, and student information may be transferred to computers the entity operates.
Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(F)(3), a contract by which a local public school board transfers student information must at a minimum provide for access guidelines, privacy compliance standards, privacy and security audits, breach procedures, retention policies and disposal of all information from the contractor's servers on termination.
Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(F)(4), the contract requirements do not apply to a contract entered into before for the acquisition of goods, equipment or instructional materials purchased under the cited bid-law provisions, but apply to any extension or renewal of such a contract. Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(F)(5), a person who knowingly and willingly violates subsection F is fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both.
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