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IL SB 3735: Educ-Tech Rts/Biometric Info

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Last verified Oct 11, 2026 · official bill text

SB 3735 · where it stands

1 of 5 steps complete
  1. Introduced In committee
  2. Passed first chamber
  3. Passed both chambers
  4. Enacted
  5. Effective
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In one paragraph

Illinois's SB 3735 (104th General Assembly) would create the Student Educational Technologies Rights Act, giving students and parents rights to opt out of school-issued devices and predictive analytics and to request human review of AI-generated grades. It would bar school districts from acquiring biometric systems for students and limit operators from letting AI train on student data. Re-referred to Senate Assignments May 22, 2026.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

Not law. School districts would have to stop acquiring student biometric systems, and education-technology operators would face limits on AI training with student data, if enacted.

Key provisions

  1. Would declare it State policy that students and parents may opt out of school-issued devices, e-textbooks and online assignments, and opt out of predictive analytics systems without academic penalty
  2. Students and parents would have the right to request that a human teacher review any automated scored grade or AI-generated scored grade
  3. Would amend the School Code to prohibit districts from buying or acquiring biometric systems to use on students, and sets destruction requirements for biometric information
  4. Would amend the Student Online Personal Protection Act: operators could not sell or rent information collected for K-12 school purposes, and could not permit AI to train on covered information unless for K-12 school purposes or to improve the operability and functionality of their service; with exceptions, an operator's AI model could not train on a student's covered information and retain the training data indefinitely
  5. Last action 5/22/2026: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Latest legislative action

May 22, 2026. Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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Topics and industries

Related topics

AI in EducationAI PrivacyAutomated Decision-Making

Affected industries

EducationTechnology

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