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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6001, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 181, §3, is further amended to read:
 
1. Federal and state law.   The provisions of this section, the United States Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-380, as amended by Public Law 93-568, and the United States Education of All Handicapped Children Act, Public Law 94-142federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 United States Code, Section 1400 et seq., as amended, govern the dissemination of education records and personally identifiable information about students in public schools, private schools approved by the department pursuant to chapter 117 and private schools recognized by the department as providing equivalent instruction pursuant to section 5001-A, subsection 3, paragraph A, subparagraph (1), division (b), as well as written notices of intent to provide equivalent instruction through home instruction and all education records of students receiving equivalent instruction through home instruction.’
Amend the bill in section 2 in the 4th line (page 1, line 14 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "6001-C" and inserting the following: '6001, subsection 1'
Amend the bill in section 2 in the last line (page 1, line 17 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "6001-C" and inserting the following: '6001, subsection 1'
 
SUMMARY
This amendment strikes and replaces the section of the bill that adds a new section to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 221, subchapter 1 related to the dissemination of student information by certain private schools that are not covered under current law. The amendment replaces the provision in the bill with a provision that establishes substantially the same standards and prohibitions applicable to publicly funded schools for private schools approved by the Department of Education and private schools recognized by the department as providing equivalent instruction.