Illinois - Session 104
Title: EDUC-TECH RTS/BIOMETRIC INFO
Creates the Student Educational Technologies Rights Act. Provides that it is the policy of the State that a student and the student's parent have the right to: opt out of school-issued personal electronic devices, electronic textbooks, electronic required reading, or electronic or online assignments; request a human teacher review any automated scored grade or scored grade generated by artificial intelligence; and opt out of predictive analytics systems without academic penalty. Amends the School Code. Removes language allowing school districts that collect biometric information from students to adopt specified policies. Prohibits a school district from purchasing or otherwise acquiring biometric systems to use on students. Establishes prohibitions for a school district with respect to biometric systems and biometric information of its students. Sets forth requirements on the destruction of biometric information in the possession of a school district. Makes other changes. Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Prohibits an operator from selling or renting any other person's information collected by the operator for K through 12 school purposes or permitting artificial intelligence to train on covered information unless for K through 12 school purposes or in furtherance of improving operability and functionality of the operator's service. Provides, with exceptions, that an operator's artificial intelligence model shall not train on a student's covered information and retain the training data indefinitely. Makes other and conforming changes.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-25 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-25 | Latest Action | 2/25/2026 - Senate: |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 5736 | LOCAL GOVT BOND REFERENDA | unknown |
| HB 1427 | ALGORITHMICS PROHIBITED-RENT | in_committee |
| HB 3567 | AI-MEANINGFUL HUMAN REVIEW | in_committee |
| HB 4705 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY | in_committee |
| HB 4711 | PROVENANCE DATA REQUIREMENTS | in_committee |
| HB 4804 | REGISTERED NURSE USE OF AI | in_committee |
| HB 4945 | SCH CD-TECHNOLOGY GUIDANCE | in_committee |
| HB 4988 | FRAUD-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | in_committee |