Law / United States / 
Ohio
Student fingerprinting program for missing-child identification
In force.
A biometric privacy rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Consent, Retention, Biometric
What it requires
- This binds a board of education, or the principal or chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school, that develops a student fingerprinting program, and its bar on keeping a copy reaches a law enforcement agency, a school, a school district and any other person (section 3313.96(C)).
- Operate any student or minor fingerprinting program for the sole purpose of providing a means by which a missing child might be located or identified (section 3313.96(C)).
- Do not require a student or minor to take part in the fingerprinting program, and enroll one only after the parent, guardian or legal custodian signs the authorization form (section 3313.96(C)(1) and (C)(2)).
- Give every fingerprint card to the parent, guardian or legal custodian after the fingerprinting, and do not retain a copy of a fingerprinting, because only the parent, guardian or legal custodian may hold one (section 3313.96(C)(4)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
Section 3313.96 of the Revised Code provides that each board of education may develop a fingerprinting program for students and minors within the district. The principal or chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school may develop one for the school's students. A program, if developed, must be developed for the sole purpose of providing a means by which a missing child might be located or identified. No student or minor may be required to participate in the program.
A student or minor takes part only if the parent, guardian or legal custodian authorizes the participation by signing a form that the board, principal or chief administrative officer develops. The fingerprinting is performed by members of the associated law enforcement agencies on fingerprint sheets from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation or otherwise acquired.
All fingerprint cards must be given to the parents, guardian or legal custodian after the fingerprinting, and no law enforcement agency, school, school district or other person except the parent, guardian or legal custodian may retain a copy. The section does not affect fingerprinting programs for minors that private organizations or governmental entities other than school districts provide. The section's current text took effect , under House Bill 117 of the 121st General Assembly.
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