(c) Access to FAFSA information(1) Redisclosure of informationThe information in a complete, unredacted Student Aid Report (including any return information disclosed under section 6103(l)(13) of title 26) with respect to an application described in subsection (a)(1) of an applicant for Federal student financial aid—(A) upon request for such information by such applicant, shall be provided to such applicant by—(i) the Secretary; or
(ii) in a case in which the Secretary has requested that institutions of higher education carry out the requirements of this subparagraph, an institution of higher education that has received such information; and
(B) with the written consent by the applicant to an institution of higher education, may be provided by such institution of higher education as is necessary to a scholarship granting organization (including a tribal organization (defined in section 5304 of title 25)), or to an organization assisting the applicant in applying for and receiving Federal, State, local, or tribal assistance, that is designated by the applicant to assist the applicant in applying for and receiving financial assistance for any component of the applicant’s cost of attendance (defined in section 1087ll of this title) at that institution.
(2) Discussion of informationA discussion of the information in an application described in subsection (a)(1) (including any return information disclosed under section 6103(l)(13) of title 26) of an applicant between an institution of higher education and the applicant may, with the written consent of the applicant, include an individual selected by the applicant (such as an advisor) to participate in such discussion.
(3) Restriction on disclosing informationA person receiving information under paragraph (1)(B) or (2) with respect to an applicant shall not use the information for any purpose other than the express purpose for which consent was granted by the applicant and shall not disclose such information to any other person without the express permission of, or request by, the applicant.
(4) DefinitionsIn this subsection:(A) Student Aid ReportThe term “Student Aid Report” has the meaning given the term in section 668.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
(B) Written consentThe term “written consent” means a separate, written document that is signed and dated (which may include by electronic format) by an applicant, which—(i) indicates that the information being disclosed includes return information disclosed under section 6103(l)(13) of title 26 with respect to the applicant;
(ii) states the purpose for which the information is being disclosed; and
(iii) states that the information may only be used for the specific purpose and no other purposes.
(5) Record keeping requirementAn institution of higher education shall—(A) keep a record of each written consent made under this subsection for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the student’s last date of attendance at the institution; and
(B) make each such record readily available for review by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 494, as added Pub. L. 116–91, § 6(a), Dec. 19, 2019, 133 Stat. 1194; amended Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title II, § 284(b), div. FF, title I, § 103(b), title VII, § 702(p), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1986, 3086, 3191.)