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Louisiana
Student information: limits on what a local public school system may require, disclose and let others access
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Consent, Access restriction, Governance
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are an official or employee of a city, parish or other local public school system, do not require the collection of the political affiliations or beliefs, mental or psychological problems, sexual behavior or attitudes, illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating or demeaning behavior, critical appraisals of close family relations, privileged relationships, religious practices, family income, biometric information, gun ownership, home Internet Protocol address or external digital identity of a student or the student's parent or family, unless the parent or legal guardian voluntarily discloses it (La. R.S. 17:3914(C)(1)).
- Do not provide personally identifiable student information to a member of the school board or any other person or public or private entity, except as La. R.S. 17:3914(C)(2) allows: a student identification number and aggregate data to the school board, the state Department of Education or the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for state and federal reporting; information stripped of identifiers to the state Department of Education; information a parent, legal guardian or adult student has authorized in writing; and the other transfers the paragraph lists.
- If you are the state Department of Education, assign an early childhood education identification number to every child in a publicly funded prekindergarten program at a school or early learning center, and do not include or base any early childhood education or student identification number on a social security number (La. R.S. 17:3914(C)(3)).
- If you are a local public school board, assign a student identification number to every enrolled public elementary or secondary student who has none from an early childhood program, and by link each early childhood education identification number to the student's identification number (La. R.S. 17:3914(C)(3)(b)).
- Do not authorize access to a public school computer system on which student information is stored for anyone other than the persons La. R.S. 17:3914(D)(2) and (3) list: the student or the parent or legal guardian, the teacher of record, the principal and registrar, designated school system employees, persons the superintendent authorizes to maintain the system, and persons the state authorizes to audit student records (La. R.S. 17:3914(D)(1)).
- Do not access a public school computer system on which student information is stored unless La. R.S. 17:3914(D)(2) or (3) authorizes you, for example as a person the superintendent authorizes to maintain or repair the system or to provide services the school system would otherwise provide (La. R.S. 17:3914(D)(1)).
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Criminal exposure note
A person who violates La. R.S. 17:3914, other than by a knowing and willing violation of subsection F, is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than $10,000.
Penalty structure
Imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than $10,000 for a violation of a provision of the section, other than a knowing and willing violation of subsection F.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Fixed cap
- 10,000
What this law does
Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(C)(1), no official or employee of a local public school system may require the collection of a student's biometric information, among other listed items, unless the parent or legal guardian voluntarily discloses it. Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(C)(2), no official or employee of a local public school system may provide personally identifiable student information to any other person or public or private entity, except as the paragraph lists.
Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(C)(3), the state Department of Education must develop a system of unique early childhood education identification numbers and student identification numbers, and an identification number may not include or be based on a social security number.
Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(C)(3)(b), each local public school board must assign a student identification number to every student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school who has none from an early childhood program, and by must link each early childhood education identification number to the corresponding student identification number. Paragraph (C)(3) as amended by Act 576 of the 2026 Regular Session is to be implemented no later than .
Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(D)(1), no person or public or private entity may access a public school computer system on which student information is stored, except as paragraphs (2) and (3) of that subsection authorize. Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(I), the provisions of that Part apply to each charter school, its governing authority and any education management organization under contract to operate a charter school.
Under Revised Statutes 17:3914(G), a person who violates a provision of that section, other than by a knowing and willing violation of subsection F, is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than $10,000.
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