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1 | | (a) It is unlawful for a post-secondary school to request |
2 | | or
require a student or his or her parent or guardian to |
3 | | provide a password or other related account information in |
4 | | order to gain access to the student's account or
profile on a |
5 | | social networking website or to demand access in
any manner to |
6 | | a student's account
or profile on a social networking website. |
7 | | (b) Nothing in this Section limits a post-secondary |
8 | | school's
right to do the following: |
9 | | (1) promulgate and maintain lawful school policies
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10 | | governing the use of the post-secondary school's |
11 | | electronic equipment,
including policies regarding |
12 | | Internet use, social
networking website use, and |
13 | | electronic mail use; and |
14 | | (2) monitor usage of the post-secondary school's |
15 | | electronic
equipment and the post-secondary school's |
16 | | electronic mail without
requesting or requiring a student |
17 | | to provide a password or other related account
information |
18 | | in order to gain access to the student's account or profile |
19 | | on a social
networking website. |
20 | | (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a post-secondary |
21 | | school
from obtaining information about a student that is in |
22 | | the public domain or that is otherwise
obtained in compliance |
23 | | with this Act.
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24 | | (d) This Section does not apply when a post-secondary |
25 | | school has reasonable cause to believe that a student's account |
26 | | on a social networking website contains evidence that the |
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1 | | student has violated a school disciplinary rule or policy. |
2 | | Section 15. Notification. An elementary or secondary |
3 | | school must provide notification to the student and his or her |
4 | | parent or guardian that the elementary or secondary school may |
5 | | request or
require a student to provide a password or other |
6 | | related account information in order to gain access to the |
7 | | student's account or
profile on a social networking website if |
8 | | the elementary or secondary school has reasonable cause to |
9 | | believe that the student's account on a social networking |
10 | | website contains evidence that the student has violated a |
11 | | school disciplinary rule or policy. The notification must be |
12 | | published in the elementary or secondary school's disciplinary |
13 | | rules, policies, or handbook or communicated by similar means. |
14 | | Section 20. Penalty. A post-secondary school or an agent |
15 | | of a post-secondary school who violates this Act is guilty of a |
16 | | petty offense.
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