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Washington
Institutions of higher education may not use a social security number for identification and must give students personal identifiers
RCW 28B.10.042; chapter 103, Laws of 2001
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- This binds the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, the community colleges and the technical colleges (RCW 28B.10.016(4) and 28B.10.042).
- If you are an institution of higher education, do not use the social security number of any student, staff member or faculty member for identification, except for employment, financial aid, research, assessment, accountability, transcripts, or as state or federal law otherwise requires (RCW 28B.10.042(1)).
- If you are an institution of higher education, keep a system of personal identifiers for students for grading and other administrative purposes, and do not make those identifiers social security numbers (RCW 28B.10.042(2)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
RCW 28B.10.042 limits the use of social security numbers and requires a system of personal identifiers. It requires no log or record, sets no content fields, names no audit and gives no party a right to demand a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
RCW 28B.10.042(1) bars an institution of higher education from using the social security number of any student, staff member or faculty member for identification, except for the purposes of employment, financial aid, research, assessment, accountability, transcripts, or as otherwise required by state or federal law.
RCW 28B.10.042(2) requires each institution of higher education to develop a system of personal identifiers for students to be used for grading and other administrative purposes, and the personal identifiers may not be social security numbers. RCW 28B.10.016(4) defines institutions of higher education as the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, the community colleges and the technical colleges. Section 2 of chapter 103, Laws of 2001, took effect on .
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