Law / United States / North Carolina

Student data system: biometric information, political affiliation, religion and voting history not collected

N.C. Gen. Stat. 115C-402.5(c)

In force since .

A biometric privacy rule binding government bodies.

Obligation class
Biometric, Prohibition
Audit expectation
none

What it requires

  • If you are the State Board of Education, do not collect in, or report as part of, the student data system any biometric information, political affiliation, religion, or voting history about a student or a student's family (G.S. 115C-402.5(c)).

These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.

What record it asks for

Logging duty

The subsection bars collecting four categories of information in the student data system. It names no log, no record to keep, no retention period and no reader of a record.

Kind
None
As of

What this law does

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Research summary

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The student data system is the student information management system the State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction use as part of the Uniform Education Reporting Systems for collection and reporting of student data from local boards of education. Biometric information, political affiliation, religion, and voting history about a student or a student's family may not be collected in or reported as part of the student data system. Session Law 2014-50 enacted the section and took effect when it became law.

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