To enact section 3301.97 of the Revised Code to prohibit submission of a student's personal identifiable information to the federal government without direct authorization of the local school board.

Section 1. That section 3301.97 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 3301.97.  (A) No public school shall be required by any state law, any rule of the state board of education, or other regulation or guideline of the department of education to submit personally identifiable information of a student to any office, agency, or department of the federal government.

(B) To the extent that it complies with the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 571, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, as amended, no public school, without consent, shall submit personally identifiable information of a student, including any information that may be required to receive a grant pursuant to the federal race to the top program, Division (A), Title XIV, Sections 14005 and 14006 of the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, to any office, agency, or department of the federal government unless the school's governing board has adopted a resolution approving submission of the same.

(C) For purposes of this section, "personally identifiable information" includes a student's name, the name of the student's parent or other family member, the address of the student or student's family, a personal identifier, such as the student's social security number or student number, a list of personal characteristics that would make the student's identity easily traceable, or other information that would make the student's identity easily traceable.