Sec. 14.5. (a) An emancipated student or the parent of a student enrolled in a career or technical education course may voluntarily release information, on a form prescribed by the department, pertaining to the student’s enrollment in the career and technical education course to potential employers that contact the school to recruit students with particular career and technical skills. A school must provide a copy of the form described in this subsection to the emancipated student or the parent of the student when the student enrolls in the career and technical education course.

     (b) If an emancipated student or the parent of a student described in subsection (a) voluntarily releases information under subsection (a), the school shall also provide the department of workforce development a copy of the student’s voluntarily released enrollment information. The department of workforce development may provide the student’s voluntarily released enrollment information to potential employers that contact the department of workforce development to recruit students with particular career and technical skills.

     (c) The form prescribed in subsection (a) must comply with the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g et seq.).

As added by P.L.174-2018, SEC.3.