Restricting use of facial recognition and student photo data in schools

(a) Prohibition on use of student photographs for facial recognition AI Section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g; commonly referred to as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Facial recognition technology No funds shall be made available under any applicable program to any educational agency or institution unless such agency or institution prohibits— (1) the use of student photographs for training facial recognition systems, including those using artificial intelligence, without prior parental consent; and (2) doing business with a company that offers yearbook production services and uses facial recognition technology in the provision of such services, unless that company discloses such use and obtains parental consent for the use of facial recognition technology. (l) Yearbook production No funds shall be made available under any applicable program to any educational agency or institution unless such agency or institution prohibits doing business with a company that offers yearbook production services that sells data collected during the creation or processing of a yearbook.. (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.