Senate Education Committee hears testimony on HB 127 to limit public release of student directory information

The Senate Education Committee heard proponent testimony on House Bill 127 on the bill’s second hearing, which would exempt student directory information from Ohio’s public records law and allow local boards of education to restrict release of that information.

Proponent Paul Limhoff, representing the Buckeye Association of School Administrators, told Committee Chair Brenner, Vice Chair Blessing and Ranking Member Ingram that the bill would remove directory information — including “a student's name, address, telephone listings, date [and] place of birth, major field of study, participation in official recognized activities and sports, weight, [and] height of athletes, dates of attendance, date of graduation, [and] awards received” —…