MI HB5999

Requires student testing services administering standardized tests for college admission to allow test takers to opt out of submitting a photograph or likeness for retention in their records.

Prohibits testing services from charging additional fees, requiring alternative testing times, demanding additional biometrics beyond a signature, or discriminating against applicants who opt out of photograph requirements.

Permits testing services to require photographic identification at test sites for identity verification and to require signed statements acknowledging the test taker's identity and warning about impersonation penalties.

Requires student testing services that create test-taker databases shared with schools to submit detailed security plans to the state Department of Education describing database contents, information sharing practices, and security protocols.

Mandates that testing services maintain privacy policies available online and provide written copies to each test taker at the time of testing.