HF 2899 Summary

• Creates administrative remedy process through Office of Administrative Hearings for data practices violations, with complaints filed within 2 years of violation or 1 year after concealment discovered, requiring $1,000 filing fee.

• Establishes expedited administrative hearing procedure with 20-day probable cause review, 30-day hearing timeline, and administrative law judge authority to impose civil penalties up to $300 and issue compliance orders.

• Allows prevailing complainants to recover reasonable attorney fees (up to $5,000) and $50 refund of filing fee, with costs up to $1,000 billed to responding government entity.

• Adds civil penalty of up to $1,000 in district court actions for data practices violations when court issues compliance order.

• Requires Board of Teaching and Board of School Administrators to enter data sharing agreements with Department of Education for program approval and improvement, allowing sharing of private data on teachers and administrators but excluding student educational data.