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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board sharing of student contact information with institutions of higher education and confidentiality of applicant and student information
Tex. Educ. Code sec. 61.0511(g) and (l)
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Consent, Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, share a student's contact information in My Texas Future with an institution of higher education only if the student has not opted out, and ensure that a student may opt out of that sharing (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 61.0511(g)).
- Treat information that relates to a current, former or prospective applicant or student of an educational institution and that you obtain, receive or hold to administer My Texas Future or otherwise assist with access to postsecondary education as confidential, and release it only in conformity with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 61.0511(l)).
- If you are an institution of higher education that receives student information from the board through My Texas Future, treat it as confidential under subsection (l) (Tex. Educ. Code sec. 61.0511(g)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 61.0511 lets the board share a student's contact information unless the student opts out and makes the information confidential. It requires no record of any sharing or release to be kept.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may share a student's contact information in My Texas Future (MyTexasFuture.Org) with an institution of higher education unless the student opts out of sharing the student's contact information. The board must ensure that a student may opt out of sharing the student's contact information with an institution of higher education. Any student information shared with an institution of higher education is confidential under subsection (l) of the section.
Information that relates to a current, former or prospective applicant or student of an educational institution and that is obtained, received or held by the board for the purpose of administering the section or otherwise providing assistance with access to postsecondary education is confidential and excepted from disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. That information may only be released in conformity with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Section 61.0511 was added by Acts 2025, 89th Legislature, chapter 77 (Senate Bill 2314), effective .
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