Arizona Laws 15-109. Biometric information; prohibition; definition
A. A school in a school district or a charter school shall not collect biometric information from a pupil unless the pupil’s parent or guardian gives written permission to collect biometric information from the pupil.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-109
- Charter school: means a public school established by contract with the state board of education, the state board for charter schools, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, a community college district or a group of community college districts pursuant to article 8 of this chapter to provide learning that will improve pupil achievement. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Parent: means the natural or adoptive parent of a child or a person who has custody of a child. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association or public or private organization of any kind. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- School district: means a political subdivision of this state with geographic boundaries organized for the purpose of the administration, support and maintenance of the public schools or an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
B. At least thirty days before a school in a school district or charter school will collect biometric information, the school shall provide written notice to the parents and guardians of pupils of the intent to collect biometric information. The notice shall include a statement in eighteen point bold-faced capital letters that the parent or guardian must give written permission to collect biometric information from the pupil before the school may collect biometric information.
C. For the purposes of this section, "collect biometric information" means the noninvasive electronic measurement and evaluation of any physical characteristics that are attributable to a single person, including fingerprint characteristics, eye characteristics, hand characteristics, vocal characteristics, facial characteristics and any other physical characteristics used for the purpose of electronically identifying that person with a high degree of certainty.