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Texas student information: operator use of the Texas Student Data System unique identifier and the state-required student data sharing agreement
Tex. Educ. Code sec. 32.155(b) to (f)
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you operate a website, online service, online application or mobile application used primarily for a school purpose, the agency has approved it or adopted your product, and you possess covered information, use the unique identifier established by the Texas Student Data System (TSDS), or a successor system the agency maintains, for any account creation, data upload, data transmission, analysis or reporting, to mask all personally identifiable student information (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 32.155(b)).
- Adhere to the state-required student data sharing agreement, which includes the unique identifier standard the agency prescribes for all operators (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 32.155(b)).
- A school district, open-enrollment charter school, regional education service center or other local education agency that contracts directly with you may require you to adhere to that agreement; you may agree to the additional data fields it requests but may not require that additional data fields be included (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 32.155(d) and (e)).
- A national assessment provider that receives covered information solely to provide access to employment, educational scholarships, financial aid or postsecondary educational opportunities, or to educational resources for middle school, junior high school or high school students, need not comply with the identifier and agreement duties (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 32.155(f)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 32.155(b) to (f) requires an approved or adopted operator to use the Texas Student Data System identifier and adhere to the state-required data sharing agreement. It requires no log, record or report from the operator. The identifier masks personally identifiable student information in the operator's transmissions and does not itself create a record the operator must keep.
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- As of
What this law does
An operator that the agency has approved, or whose product the agency has adopted, and that possesses any covered information must use the unique identifier established by the Texas Student Data System, or a successor data management system the agency maintains, for any account creation, data upload, data transmission, analysis or reporting, to mask all personally identifiable student information.
The operator must adhere to a state-required student data sharing agreement that includes an established unique identifier standard for all operators as prescribed by the agency. A school district, open-enrollment charter school, regional education service center or other local education agency may require an operator that contracts directly with it to adhere to that agreement.
A local education agency may include additional data fields in an agreement with an operator, and an operator may agree to them but may not require that additional data fields be included.
A national assessment provider that receives covered information solely to provide access to employment, educational scholarships, financial aid or postsecondary educational opportunities, or to educational resources for middle school, junior high school or high school students, is not required to comply with subsection (b) or (e). Section 32.155 was amended by Acts 2021, 87th Legislature, chapter 806 (House Bill 1525), effective .
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