Disclosure of pupil records that are pertinent to addressing a pupil's educational needs to the Department of Children and Families, a county department of human services or social services, or a tribal organization that is legally responsible for the care and protection of the pupil

This bill permits a school board, on request, to disclose pupil records that are pertinent to addressing a pupil's educational needs to a caseworker or other representative of DCF, a county department, or a tribal organization that is legally responsible for the care and protection of the pupil, if the caseworker or other representative is authorized by DCF, that county department, or that tribal organization to access the pupil's case plan. The bill also permits a school board to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a county department or tribal organization, and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to enter into a MOU with DCF, that permits that disclosure of pupil records. DCF, a county department, or a tribal organization that receives pupil records under the bill may not further disclose those pupil records or any personally identifiable information contained in those pupil records except as follows:

1. To a person who is engaged in addressing the pupil's educational needs, who is authorized by DCF, that county department, or that tribal organization to receive that disclosure, and to whom that disclosure is authorized under state or tribal law.

2. Upon request, to any court of this state or of the United States that needs to review those records or that information for the purpose of addressing the educational needs of a pupil who is the subject of a proceeding in that court.

3. In response to an order of a juvenile court conducting temporary physical custody proceedings, mental health commitment or protective placement proceedings, proceedings related to waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction over a juvenile alleged to have violated a criminal law, proceedings related to a child, unborn child, or juvenile in need of protection or services petition, a termination of parental rights petition, or a delinquency petition, or dispositional proceedings under the Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code; in response to an order of a court of criminal jurisdiction that has original jurisdiction over a juvenile alleged to have violated a criminal law; or in response to a subpoena issued in such a proceeding, to any person who is engaged in addressing the educational needs of the pupil and who is authorized to receive that disclosure under that order or subpoena.