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New York to Bar Facial Recognition Tech in Schools

New York to Bar Facial Recognition Tech in Schools The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Monica P. Wallace, would require the Lockport City School District to turn off the 300 digital cameras it installed to feed images to facial recognition software in its buildings. by Thomas J. Prohaska, The Buffalo News / December 23, 2020 Shutterstock/Scharfsinn New York schools is now illegal, after Gov.  Andrew M. Cuomo  signed a temporary ban on their use Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman  Monica P. Wallace , D-  Cheektowaga, would require the  Lockport City School District to turn off the 300 digital cameras it installed to feed images to facial recognition software in its buildings.

New York bans face recognition in schools | Planet Biometrics News

23 December 2020 15:17 GMT Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a moratorium on biometric surveillance tools, including facial recognition, in New York schools. The first-of-its-kind legislation halts the use of a face surveillance system in the Lockport City School District, which was first put into use in January 2020. “The moratorium on biometric surveillance is a landmark piece of legislation that should serve as a national model to stop the proliferation of faulty, harmful facial recognition technologies in schools,” said Donna Lieberman, NYCLU executive director. “For children, whose appearances change rapidly as they grow, and for people of color and women more broadly, the accuracy of biometric technologies is highly questionable. This is especially important as schools across the state begin to acknowledge the experiences of Black and Brown students being policed in schools and funneled into the school-to-prison pipeline.”

Cuomo signs bill barring facial recognition systems in schools

The use of facial recognition security systems in New York schools is now illegal, after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a temporary ban on their use Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Monica P. Wallace, D-Cheektowaga, would require the Lockport City School District to turn off the 300 digital cameras it installed to feed images to facial recognition software in its buildings. A new year also marked the start of a new era for security efforts in Lockport’s public The district won state Education Department approval for the system late last year and activated it Jan. 2. The new law temporarily blocks the use of what it calls biometric identifying technology in all schools – public, nonpublic and charter.

University of Alabama researchers call for state lottery to pay for college

University of Alabama researchers call for state lottery to pay for college Updated Dec 15, 2020; Researchers at the University of Alabama think the time is right for a lottery in the state, and they have an idea where Alabama should spend the hundreds of millions it would bring in each year: College. A lottery dedicated to helping Alabama students afford college, and especially community college, could have lasting affects on the state’s economy, contend researchers at UA’s Education Policy Center. “Because Alabama lacks a comprehensive student-aid program and lags far behind in college degree attainment, it is extremely important to provide assistance to the students most lacking educational and workforce development opportunities,” the new report reads.

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