Kentucky House Bill 51

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-02 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish definitions for the section; state legislative findings and declarations; require a public school to obtain parent approval for their child's participation in any questionnaire or similar activities; establish parental rights relating to student data and privacy; require parental consent prior to using radio frequency identification technology to track students or collect student data; require school districts and public to adopt policies and procedures to comply with the restrictions on use of radio frequency identification technology; establish a cause of action for violation of the section; amend KRS 158.191 to require a local board of education to adopt policies to prohibit the administration of certain examinations or surveys without written parental consent; establish requirements for schools to obtain parental permission, create limitations of the section's applicability; provide that Section 1 may be cited as The Child and Family Privacy Act.

AN ACT relating to students.

Rep. Steve Rawlings [R]	Rep. Josh Calloway [R]	Rep. Steven Doan [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]
Rep. John Hodgson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-02	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-02	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb51.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb51/orig_bill.pdf