Law / United States / 
Ohio
Privacy of student data in state testing
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Biometric
What it requires
- The section is written without a named duty-bearer, so it binds anyone who collects or handles data in the course of the state testing under sections 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, public or private (section 3301.947).
- Use data collected in the course of that testing for the sole purpose of measuring and improving the academic progress and needs of students, educators, school districts and schools (section 3301.947).
- In the course of that testing, do not collect, track, house with, report to or share with any entity, including the federal or state government, a student's or a student's family's Social Security numbers, religious affiliation, political party affiliation, voting history or biometric information (section 3301.947).
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What this law does
Section 3301.947 of the Revised Code requires that data collected in the course of the state testing under sections 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711 and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code be used for the sole purpose of measuring and improving the academic progress and needs of students, educators, school districts and schools.
In the course of that testing, no student's or student's family's Social Security numbers, religious affiliation, political party affiliation, voting history or biometric information may be collected, tracked, housed with, reported to or shared with any entity, including the federal or state government. The section's current text took effect , under House Bill 487 of the 130th General Assembly.
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