Title 20 — Education
Part C · Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance
§ 1015c. Database of student information prohibited
Statutory text
Prohibition
Except as described in subsection (b), nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the development, implementation, or maintenance of a Federal database of personally identifiable information on individuals receiving assistance under this chapter, attending institutions receiving assistance under this chapter, or otherwise involved in any studies or other collections of data under this chapter, including a student unit record system, an education bar code system, or any other system that tracks individual students over time.
Exception
The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to a system (or a successor system) that—
is necessary for the operation of programs authorized by subchapter II, IV, or VII; and
was in use by the Secretary, directly or through a contractor, as of the day before .
State databases
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a State or a consortium of States from developing, implementing, or maintaining State-developed databases that track individuals over time, including student unit record systems that contain information related to enrollment, attendance, graduation and retention rates, student financial assistance, and graduate employment outcomes.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Higher Education Act of 1965
Pub. L. 89–329 title I § 134 · 79 Stat. 1219
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1015c
(Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 134, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title I, § 113, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3110.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 134, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title I, § 113, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3110.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1015c, Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 134, as added Pub. L. 102–325, title I, § 101, , 106 Stat. 466, defined “public broadcasting entity” for purposes of former part C of this subchapter, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–244.
Another prior section 1015c, Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 134, as added Pub. L. 94–482, title I, § 101(g)(3), , 90 Stat. 2089, related to annual reports by Assistant Secretary and content of these reports, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–374.
Credits
(Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 134, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title I, § 113, , 122 Stat. 3110.)