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Texas student data privacy (Tex. Educ. Code §32.151 et seq.)

Texas's student data privacy provisions (Education Code, Chapter 32, added by HB 2087, 85th Legislature, 2017 — a SOPIPA-style regime), binding operators of online services used for school purposes: restrictions on covered information, prohibitions on targeted advertising, profiling and sale of student data, security and deletion duties. Citation: Tex. Educ. Code §32.151 et seq., published at statutes.capitol.texas.gov.

Status: fact documents pending

No statute text is reproduced here yet. The Texas statutes site now serves its content through a browser-side application; the underlying document host could not be reached mechanically at last check (re-tested 2026-09-05; the legacy statutes.legis.state.tx.us domain also serves the browser-side application). Per METHODOLOGY.md no text is included that has not been verified against the definitive source. The link works in ordinary browsers. The scope description above derives from secondary commentary and should be treated as a lead until verified.

To complete: obtain the current codified text of Subchapter D (browser save, or the site's download service), extract the operator duties, and verify mechanically per the methodology.

Related

• SOPIPA — the California model this regime resembles
• FERPA — the federal education-records regime

Sources

• Texas Constitution and Statutes — Education Code Chapter 32 (browser-only application; see status note)