Law / United States / 
New York
Use of student social security numbers restricted
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a public or private elementary or secondary school or a college in New York, do not display a student's social security number to identify the student when posting or publicly listing grades, on class rosters or other lists given to teachers, on student identification cards, or in student directories or similar listings, and do not use it for any other public identification purpose unless a law specifically authorizes or requires it (Educ. Law 2-b).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 2-b bars the display of a student's social security number for identification and names no duty to create, keep or produce a log or record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 2-b of the Education Law provides that no public or private elementary or secondary school or college shall display any student's social security number to identify the student for posting or public listing of grades, on class rosters or other lists provided to teachers, on student identification cards, in student directories or similar listings, or, unless specifically authorized or required by law, for any public identification purpose.
Section 2(2) of the Education Law defines a college to include universities and other institutions for higher education authorized to confer degrees.
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