15-109. Biometric information; prohibition;
definition
A. A school in a school district or a charter school shall not collect biometric
information from a pupil unless the pupil's parent or guardian gives written permission
to collect biometric information from the pupil.
B. At least thirty days before a school in a school district or charter school will
collect biometric information, the school shall provide written notice to the parents and
guardians of pupils of the intent to collect biometric information. The notice shall
include a statement in eighteen point bold-faced capital letters that the parent or
guardian must give written permission to collect biometric information from the pupil
before the school may collect biometric information.
C. For the purposes of this section, "collect biometric information" means the
noninvasive electronic measurement and evaluation of any physical characteristics that
are attributable to a single person, including fingerprint characteristics, eye
characteristics, hand characteristics, vocal characteristics, facial characteristics and
any other physical characteristics used for the purpose of electronically identifying
that person with a high degree of certainty.
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