Bill Text: HI HB1894 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Post-Secondary Education; Authorization; Closed Institution Records
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-30 - Act 143, 06/29/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). [HB1894 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-HB1894-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 305J-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending subsection (a) to read:
"(a) If a private college or university, seminary, or religious training institution under the jurisdiction of the department ceases operating within the State, the institution, its owner, or the owner's designee, and its governing board shall be jointly and severally liable to deposit with the department the institution's educational records requested by the department in a form to be prescribed by the director."
2. By amending subsection (d) to read:
"(d) The department shall permanently
retain any student transcripts received pursuant to this section[.] in
a form prescribed by the director. The department shall retain any other
records requested and obtained pursuant to this section for [ten
years; provided that after this period,] a time period prescribed by the
director; provided that at the time of disposal, the department shall
dispose of the records in a manner that will adequately protect the privacy of
any personal information included in the records."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Post-Secondary Education; Authorization; Closed Institution Records
Description:
Clarifies that under the Hawaii Post-Secondary Education Authorization Program, when an institution ceases to operate, the student transcripts shall be kept permanently in a form prescribed by the director and other records requested and obtained by DCCA may be disposed of at the director's discretion. (SD1)
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