Title 17. Education

Chapter 24. Board of Regents

Part I. General Provisions

17:3137      Student information; prohibition on disclosure

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, no official or employee of any public postsecondary education board or institution shall disclose to anyone for any purpose the following information without the affirmative written consent of the person to which the information pertains: 

(1) The contact information or personally identifiable information for a student as listed in student directory information pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. If the student is under the age of eighteen and not emancipated, such information may be shared upon the affirmative written consent of his parent or legal guardian. 

(2) The contact information or personally identifiable information for the parent or legal guardian of a student. 

B. An official or employee of any public postsecondary education board or institution may disclose such contact information and personally identifiable information: 

(1) To an official or employee of any public postsecondary education board or institution or public agency who needs the information to perform his official duties. 

(2) In response to a subpoena, discovery request, or court order compelling its production. 

C. For the purposes of this Section: 

(1) “Contact information” means an electronic mail address or a telephone number. 

(2) “Parent or legal guardian” has the same meaning as in R.S. 17:3914. 

(3) “Personally identifiable information” has the same meaning as in R.S. 17:3914. 

Added by Acts 2020, No. 321, § 1.