Legislation regulating information on the BSU@work Web site was tabled after a third reading Wednesday at the Student Government Association Senate meeting.
The tabled legislation refers to student information such as Social Security numbers, grades and employment information on the Web site designed for employees of Ball State University.
According to the legislation, "for certain reasons such as security breaches, identity theft, and/or other privacy issues not mentioned, (the information) should be left off the system."
The legislation, originating in the Governmental Affairs committee, was brought to the Student Safety Committee for discussion.
What happened during the Student Safety Committee's meeting surprised Sen. Chris Borkowski, author of the legislation.
"I spoke with a number of senators," Borkowski said. "They all agreed that it was a well-written piece of legislation."
Sen. Nick Loving of the Student Safety Committee explained the decision behind tabling the legislation for further discussion.
"The legislation is very well written," Loving said. "There were concerns about places inside it where people could find some implications."
The parts of the legislation Loving referred to include references to the Federal Buckley Amendment.
The amendment, as outlined in the legislation, states that, unless students must file a written request to have personal information protected within seven working days after the first day of registration. Failure to do so will lead to disclosure of personal information.
The legislation highlights another point that is made in the Federal Buckley Amendment.
According to the amendment, grades are considered part of a student's educational record and will not be released or posted in any personally identifiable form - including listing by identification or Social Security number - unless the student provides written consent.
Loving said the Student Safety Committee was led to believe that the legislation implied the university violated the amendment. He denied comment on how the committee was influenced regarding the matter.
"We are going to have this clarified in a private, closed setting," Loving said.
The committee made arrangements to meet and discuss the legislation before the Oct. 9 meeting.
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