ORS 352.319 Contract for disbursement of funds to students; personally identifiable information

As used in this section, “personally identifiable information” means a student’s Social Security number and gender or a student’s Social Security number and date of birth.

A public university listed in ORS 352.002 may enter into a contract with a private contractor to provide the service of facilitating the disbursement of funds to students. If a student’s personally identifiable information is necessary to administer the disbursement of funds under the contract, the public university:

Shall obtain from a student a written election to receive the contracted services;

Shall provide any alternative method of disbursement of funds at no additional cost to a student who does not elect to receive those services from a private contractor;

May not release to a private contractor personally identifiable information about a student who elects to receive disbursement services from the private contractor without first obtaining from the student a written consent to release the personally identifiable information; and

Shall provide to a student a written description of the purposes for which a private contractor may use the student’s personally identifiable information.