An Act assisting with higher education recordkeeping responsibilities

This bill allows Massachusetts higher education institutions to use blockchain or distributed ledger technology for maintaining student records. The change is made to the state's existing education laws to give the state board permission to approve such proposals. Directly affected parties include colleges and universities that may wish to adopt these new digital record-keeping systems. The legislation does not mandate the use of this technology but simply removes a legal barrier for its adoption if approved by the board.