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Illinois · SB3735 · 2025 session

EDUC-TECH RTS/BIOMETRIC INFO

IntroducedRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · May 22, 2026

In plain language

Creates Illinois' Student Educational Technologies Rights Act, giving students and parents the right to opt out of school-issued devices, AI-scored grades, and predictive-analytics systems without academic penalty. Bars school districts from acquiring biometric systems for use on students and sets rules for destroying any biometric data already collected. Also restricts ed-tech operators from selling student data or training AI models on students' information outside K-12 purposes.

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Legislative history

13 actions · newest first
  1. May 22, 2026SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
  2. May 15, 2026SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
  3. Apr 24, 2026SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
  4. Apr 14, 2026SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
  5. Apr 14, 2026SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
  6. Apr 14, 2026SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa