Tex. Education Code § 51.8246
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 51.8246, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 51.8246. CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS AND PROCEEDINGS.
Official statutory text
(a) Student education records created or considered under the program are confidential and may be released only in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g).
(b) A meeting or portion of a meeting of the council at which the education records or other personal information of individual students or the evaluation, eligibility, admission, or selection of individual students are discussed is not open to the public under Chapter 551, Government Code.
(b) A meeting or portion of a meeting of the council at which the education records or other personal information of individual students or the evaluation, eligibility, admission, or selection of individual students are discussed is not open to the public under Chapter 551, Government Code.
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