Pupil records: directory information.

Assembly Member Bryan, joined by Principal Coauthor Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez, proposes modifying California's rules on the disclosure of student directory information for homeless youth to enable access to eye examinations and oral health assessments.

The legislation creates specific exceptions to current prohibitions on releasing directory information for homeless students. Under existing law, schools cannot share directory information - such as names, addresses and phone numbers - for homeless pupils without written parental consent. The proposed changes would permit schools to disclose this information to nonprofit eye examination providers and school-based oral health assessment programs, while maintaining parents' right to opt out through written notice.

The bill preserves existing protections regarding directory information disclosure, including restrictions on sharing with private entities and penalties for misuse. Schools must continue providing annual notices about information-sharing policies, and private institutions face fines up to $2,500 and two-year suspension of information access privileges for using student data beyond authorized academic and professional purposes.