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Full Text of HB3527  99th General Assembly

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act
5is amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 75/10)
7    Sec. 10. Prohibited inquiry.
8    (a) It is unlawful for a post-secondary school to request
9or require a student or his or her parent or guardian to
10provide a password or other related account information in
11order to gain access to the student's account or profile on a
12social networking website or to demand access in any manner to
13a student's account or profile on a social networking website.
14    (b) Nothing in this Section limits a post-secondary
15school's right to do the following:
16        (1) promulgate and maintain lawful school policies
17    governing the use of the post-secondary school's
18    electronic equipment, including policies regarding
19    Internet use, social networking website use, and
20    electronic mail use; and
21        (2) monitor usage of the post-secondary school's
22    electronic equipment and the post-secondary school's
23    electronic mail without requesting or requiring a student

 

 

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1    to provide a password or other related account information
2    in order to gain access to the student's account or profile
3    on a social networking website.
4    (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a post-secondary
5school from obtaining information about a student that is in
6the public domain or that is otherwise obtained in compliance
7with this Act.
8    (d) This Section does not prohibit a post-secondary school
9from conducting an investigation or requiring a student to
10cooperate in an investigation if there is specific information
11about activity on the student's account on a social networking
12website that violates a school disciplinary rule or policy. In
13the course of an investigation, the student may be required to
14share the content that is reported in order to make a factual
15determination. does not apply when a post-secondary school has
16reasonable cause to believe that a student's account on a
17social networking website contains evidence that the student
18has violated a school disciplinary rule or policy.
19(Source: P.A. 98-129, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
20    (105 ILCS 75/15)
21    Sec. 15. Notification. An elementary or secondary school
22must provide notification to the student and his or her parent
23or guardian that the elementary or secondary school may not
24request or require a student to provide a password or other
25related account information in order to gain access to the

 

 

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1student's account or profile on a social networking website if
2the elementary or secondary school has reasonable cause to
3believe that the student's account on a social networking
4website contains evidence that the student has violated a
5school disciplinary rule or policy. An elementary or secondary
6school must provide notification to the student and his or her
7parent or guardian that the elementary or secondary school may
8conduct an investigation or require a student to cooperate in
9an investigation if there is specific information about
10activity on the student's account on a social networking
11website that violates a school disciplinary rule or policy. In
12the course of an investigation, the student may be required to
13share the content that is reported in order to make a factual
14determination. Notification under this Section The
15notification must be published in the elementary or secondary
16school's disciplinary rules, policies, or handbook or
17communicated by similar means.
18(Source: P.A. 98-129, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.