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S01144 Summary:

BILL NO	S01144
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	PARKER
COSPNSR	PERKINS
MLTSPNSR
Amd S305, Ed L
Requires the commissioner of education to require all schools to obtain permission from parents to collect a pupil's biometric information at least thirty days prior to collecting such information.

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S01144 Actions:

BILL NO	S01144
01/05/2011	REFERRED TO EDUCATION
01/04/2012	REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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S01144 Floor Votes:

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S01144 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1144
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 5, 2011
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        Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the  commis-
          sioner  of education to cause all schools to obtain written permission
          prior to collecting biometric information on pupils
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 42 to read as follows:
     3    42.  The  commissioner  shall  cause  all school districts and charter
     4  schools to obtain written permission from the parents  or  guardians  of
     5  pupils  it intends to collect biometric information on prior to collect-
     6  ing such information. Such schools shall provide written notice  to  the
     7  parents  or guardians of pupils it intends to collect biometric informa-
     8  tion on at least thirty days prior to  collection.  The  written  notice
     9  shall  contain  a  statement  informing the parent or guardian that they

    10  must give written permission  before  a  school  can  collect  biometric
    11  information  from  the  pupil.  The  commissioner shall promulgate regu-
    12  lations necessary to implement this subdivision.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    14  the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01798-01-1

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