,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ba1       
#bjac,mr4 ,luetkemeyer 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah1 and ,mr4 ,harris7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to clarify the requirements of       
authorized representatives under the    
,family ,educational ,rights and        
,privacy ,act of #aigd1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting         
,education ,privacy ,act4  #b4          
,amendments to ,,ferpa ,section #ddd7;b7
 of the ,general ,education ,provisions 
,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #abcb;g7b77         
7commonly known as the ,family          
,educational ,rights and ,privacy ,act  
of #aigd7 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph
 7#a77;,c77i77,,iii71 by inserting or   
local after ,state2  7#b7 in paragraph  
7#c7-- 7,a7 by striking 7,a7 and        
inserting 7i72  7,b7 by striking 7,b7   

and inserting 7ii72  7,c7 by striking   
7,c7 and inserting 7iii72  7,d7 by      
striking 7#c7 ,nothing and inserting the
 following3 7#c77;,a7 ,nothing2  7,e7 by
 inserting or local after ,state2  7,f7 
by striking programs3 and inserting     
programs42  7,g7 by striking ,provided1 
,that except and by inserting the       
following3  7,b7 ,except  2  7,h7 by    
striking such officials and inserting   
the officials described in items 7i7    
through 7iii7 of subparagraph 7,a72 and 
7,i7 by adding at the end the following3
  7,c7 7i7 ,for purposes of this        
section1 the term authorized            
representative means an individual who--
 7,i7 is designated as an authorized    
representative by an official described 
in item 7i71 7ii71 or 7iii7 of          
subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,,ii7 is under 
the direct control1 as a contractor or  
employee1 of such official4  7ii7 ,an   
authorized representative shall not     
release any educational records or      
personally identifiable information     

collected while serving as an authorized
 representative to any individual1      
agency1 or organization1 other than the 
official under whom the authorized      
representative is under the direct      
control4  2 and  7#c7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#h7  
,nothing in this section may be         
construed to authorize the educational  
records or the personally identifiable  
information of students to be shared1   
without the written consent of their    
parents1 for the development of         
commercial products or services4  4  #c4
 ,,ferpa regulations  7a7 ,repeals ,the 
definitions of the terms authorized     
representative1 early childhood         
education program1 and education program
 in section #ii4c of title #cd1 ,code of
 ,federal ,regulations1 are repealed and
 shall have no legal effect4  7b7       
,certain regulations prohibited ,the    
,secretary of ,education shall not      
promulgate or enforce any regulation or 
rule that defines early childhood       

education program or education program  
for any purpose under section #ddd of   
the ,general ,education ,provisions ,act
 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #abcb;g7 7commonly known
 as the ,family ,educational ,rights and
 ,privacy ,act of #aigd7 on or after the
 date of enactment of this ,act4