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NY S03827
Bill
Status
6/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
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AI Summary
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Permanently bans public, nonpublic, and charter elementary and secondary schools from purchasing or using biometric identifying technology, including facial recognition, for any purpose including school security
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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 specifically for securely logging into digital devices for academic and administrative purposes
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Permits biometric technology use for employees who provide written consent, or where the employee's union has consented in writing under the Taylor Law (Civil Service Law Article 14)
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Eliminates previous provisions that would have allowed the Commissioner of Education to authorize biometric technology after receiving a report from the Director of Information Technology Services
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
6/12/2025