,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #heeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #i1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,cartwright 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,san ,nicolas1 and ,ms4 ,bonamici7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,higher ,education ,act of    
#aife to require institutions of higher 
education to establish record-management
 plans in order to be accredited or     
continue to be accredited1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,student ,records   
,protection ,act4  #b4                  
,record-management plans required  7a7  
,accrediting requirements ,section      
#dif7;c7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajii;b7c77 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#h71 by    
striking and at the end2  7#b7 in       
paragraph 7#i71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3

  7#aj7 beginning on the date that is #e
 years after the date of the enactment  
of this paragraph1 requires an          
institution to submit for approval to   
the accrediting agency a records        
management plan upon the institution's  
notifying the accrediting agency that   
the institution intends to cease        
operations4 ,such plan shall include--  
7,a7 a plan for the custody1 continued  
access1 and disposition of student      
records1 including student transcripts1 
billing1 and financial aid records2     
7,b7 a plan to provide to the           
,secretary1 ,state authorizing agency1  
and such accrediting agency or          
association a list that includes the    
name and contact information of each    
student enrolled in such institution--  
7i7 on the date such institution closed2
  7ii7 on the date that is #abj days    
before the date described in clause 7i72
 and  7iii7 on the date that is #ahj    
days before the date described in clause
 7i72  7,c7 an assurance from the       

institution that such institution-- 7i7 
will release all financial holds placed 
on student records2  7ii7 for the       
#a-year period beginning on the date of 
the closure of such institution1 will   
not require any student or former       
student who requests the student records
 of such student to purchase such       
records or otherwise charge such student
 a fee with respect to such records2 and
  7iii7 after the #a-year period        
described in clause 7ii71 will either   
continue to not require the purchase of 
the records described in such subclause 
or charge a nominal fee with respect to 
such records1 as determined by the      
,secretary2 and  7,d7 an estimate of the
 costs necessary to carry out the       
record-management plan and a plan for   
how such institution will provide       
funding for such costs4  4  7b7 ,program
 participation agreement  7#a7          
,amendment ,section #dhg7;f77#a7 of the 
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajid7;f77#a77 is amended by  

striking the period at the end and      
inserting and to prepare and submit to  
the ,secretary a record-management plan 
that includes the information required  
under subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,d7 of
 section #dif7;c77#aj74  7#b7 ,effective
 date ,the amendment made by paragraph  
7#a7 shall take effect on the date that 
is #f months after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act4