Saturday, April 12, 2014

SB 188 - Education Data Privacy

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Jeff Clemens was on the short end of the stick on this vote as the only state senator to vote "no."  The Florida House vote was 113 yes and 1 no.

Florida public schools may no longer collect or use what's known as biometric data (fingerprint or hand scan, a retina or iris scan, a voice print, or a facial geometry scan) from students under an education data privacy measure passed by the Legislature on Friday. Hazel Rogers, D- Lauderhill, voting no. The Senate approved its bill last month 38-1, with only Lake Worth Democrat Jeff Clemens voting in opposition.

CS/CS/SB 188: Education Data Privacy GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Education ; Hukill ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Negron ; Bradley ; Simpson ; Flores ; Brandes ; Stargel ; Montford
Education Data Privacy; Providing for annual notice to K-12 students and parents of rights relating to education records; providing limitations on the collection of information and the disclosure of confidential and exempt student records; revising provisions relating to the submission of student social security numbers and the assignment of student identification numbers; requiring the Department of Education to establish a process for assigning student identification numbers, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 4/11/2014 House - CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 1
Location: Final Passage
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

2 comments:

Nate said...

Sounds like this loser clemens was sleeping on the job during this vote. He has to be one of the worst reps. for our area, the worst when on the CRA, the mayor, and now our state. will people ever see through this rock band hippie druggy singer.

Lynn Anderson said...

Personally, I think he's headed for Congress one of these days...maybe when Lois Frankel retires? His career has been well planned out.