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A06720 Summary:

BILL NOA06720A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09643

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SPONSORSimone

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COSPNSRShimsky, McDonough, Shrestha, Gallagher, Glick, Hyndman

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §106-b, St Tech L

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Prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools for any reason other than certain specified purposes; adds fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators and students for the purpose of securely logging into a digital device for academic and administrative purpose to allowable purposes.

Go to top A06720 Actions:

BILL NOA06720A

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03/11/2025referred to education

04/16/2025amend and recommit to education

04/16/2025print number 6720a

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6720--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE, SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to banning the use
 of biometric identifying technology in schools

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 106-b of the state tech-
 2 nology law, as added by chapter 2 of the laws of 2021, are amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 2. a. Except as authorized in paragraph b of this subdivision, public
 5 and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools, including charter
 6 schools, shall be prohibited from purchasing or utilizing biometric
 7 identifying technology for any purpose, including school security[,
 8 until July first, two thousand twenty-two or until the commissioner of
 9 education authorizes such purchase or utilization as provided in subdi-
 10 vision three of this section, whichever occurs later].
 11 b. Schools may utilize biometric identifying technology for the
 12 following purposes: (i) fingerprint identification of prospective school
 13 employees where utilized for the purpose of compliance with a provision
 14 of the education law or the regulations of the commissioner of education
 15 [or]; (ii) fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators and
 16 students for the purpose of securely logging into a digital device for
 17 academic and administrative purposes; or (iii) to exclusively identify
 18 employees that have consented in writing to the use of such technology
 19 or in the case of employees represented under article fourteen of the
 20 civil service law, where the employee organization representing such
 21 employee has consented in writing to the use of such technology.
 22 [3. a. The commissioner of education shall not authorize the purchase
 23 or utilization of biometric identifying technology, including but not
 24 limited to facial recognition technology, without the director first

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07150-03-5

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 1 issuing a report prepared in consultation with the state education
 2 department, making recommendations as to the circumstances in which the
 3 utilization of such technology is appropriate in public and nonpublic
 4 elementary and secondary schools, including charter schools, and what
 5 restrictions and guidelines should be enacted to protect individual
 6 privacy, civil rights, and civil liberty interests. Such report shall be
 7 made public and presented to the governor, the temporary president of
 8 the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, and shall consider, evalu-
 9 ate and present recommendations concerning:
 10 i. the privacy implications of collecting, storing, and/or sharing
 11 biometric information of students, teachers, school personnel and the
 12 general public entering a school or school grounds;
 13 ii. the potential impact of the use of biometric identifying technolo-
 14 gy on student civil liberties and student civil rights, including the
 15 risks and implications of the technology resultin