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NY A06720
Bill
Status
3/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tony Simone
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AI Summary
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Permanently prohibits public, nonpublic, and charter elementary and secondary schools from purchasing or using biometric identifying technology, including for school security purposes
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Allows fingerprint identification of prospective school employees for compliance with education law requirements
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Adds new exception permitting fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators, and students for securely logging into digital devices for academic and administrative purposes
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Permits biometric technology use for identifying employees who have provided written consent, or where their union has consented in writing under the Taylor Law
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Removes previous provisions that would have allowed the Commissioner of Education to authorize biometric technology after a study and report process
Legislative Description
Prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools for any reason other than certain specified purposes; adds fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators and students for the purpose of securely logging into a digital device for academic and administrative purpose to allowable purposes.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026