📋 Tender Overview
The Senate approved on Tuesday (16) bill that guarantees students free access to personal information maintained in educational institutions. Deputy Ivan Valente (PSOL-SP) was approved with changes accepted by the rapporteur, Venetian Senator Vital do Rego (MDB-PB), and therefore returns to the House of Representatives.
The original text (in the Chamber) provided that students from basic education to higher education would be entitled to know all the information produced or kept by the educational institution in which they study or studied. The rapporteurs amendment has changed the text to make it clear that access to personal information and the obligation to inform fit public, private and community institutions.
Under the project, search and supply services will be free and released to students, parents or guardians for the entire period in which the student is enrolled and, at least, up to one year after the bond with the educational institution is closed.
In the case of private institutions, document should be provided that proves the transcript and make the students situation at the end of each semester or school year.
Gratuity
The project also establishes that the institution will not be able to charge the provision of printed documents related to the bond or any other situation of the student, such as transcript, course completion certificate, curriculum, certificate, frequency control, negative debit certificate and diploma.
In addition, educational institutions will need to maintain updated database with academic, financial, administrative and contractual information. This information will be provided to the student upon request formulated by him or by the guardian within 48 hours.
Institutions should also ensure, through the internet, free access of students to their data and information, with a format that allows the impression. In the case of public institutions, free software should be used primarily, constructed and developed collaboratively.
Data protection
Another amendment presented by the rapporteur guarantees the portability of the information to other recipients, provided that there is an express request of the student, parents or guardians and respecting the.
Veneziano added to the text that, during the evaluation processes used as a reference for the regulation and supervision of higher education, higher education institutions should prove the adoption of documentary collection management policy and security and governance practices established in the LGPD.
Senate Agency (reproduction authorized by citation of the Senate Agency)
