---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 2304"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "2304"
heading: "Privacy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/2304"
units:
  - "Chapter 44 — Career and Technical Education"
---

# §2304. Privacy

- (a) **GEPA—** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede the privacy protections afforded parents and students under section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act ([20 U.S.C. 1232g](/usc/20/1232g.md)).
- (b) **Prohibition on development of national database—** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit the development of a national database of personally identifiable information on individuals receiving services under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–210, § 5, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 690.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2304, Pub. L. 88–210, § 5, as added Pub. L. 105–332, § 1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3082, related to privacy, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 109–270.