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Bill would let Ohio school boards withhold student directory information from public records
Summary
House Bill 127 would remove student directory information from the default public-records classification and explicitly allow local school boards to decline to release that information; sponsors say the change clarifies current law and preserves required military recruiter access unless parents opt out.
House Bill 127 would declassify student directory information as public records and give local school boards explicit, permissive authority to withhold such data from public-record requests, sponsors told the Ohio Senate Education Committee at a first hearing.
"Student directory information is defined in Ohio Revised Code section 3319.321 and includes a student's name, address, phone number, birth date, major field of study, participation in sports, extracurricular activities," Representative Matthews told the committee, summarizing the measure's scope. He said current…
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