Extend Prohibition on School Facial Recognition

In current law there is a prohibition on schools contracting for facial recognition services that is set to repeal on July 1, 2025. The prohibition contains an exception for a contract executed prior to the date the prohibition became law or a renewal of that contract. The bill removes the repeal and creates new exceptions for contracts that are:

• In effect on the date the bill becomes law;
• For a product, device, or software application that allows for analysis of facial features for educational purposes in conjunction with curricula; or
• For a product, device, or software application that allows for the analysis of facial features to identify a person who has made a significant threat against a school or the occupants of a school, to identify a missing student when there is a reasonable belief that the student is still on school grounds, or to identify an individual who has been ordered by the court to stay off school district property.
  (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)