Illinois Compiled Statutes 105 ILCS 75 Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act. Section 10

    (105 ILCS 75/10)

    Sec. 10. Prohibited inquiry.

    (a) It is unlawful for a post-secondary school to request or require a student or his or her parent or guardian to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student's account or profile on a social networking website or to demand access in any manner to a student's account or profile on a social networking website.

    (b) Nothing in this Section limits a post-secondary school's right to do the following:

        (1) promulgate and maintain lawful school policies

     governing the use of the post-secondary school's electronic equipment, including policies regarding Internet use, social networking website use, and electronic mail use; and

        (2) monitor usage of the post-secondary school's

    electronic equipment and the post-secondary school's electronic mail without requesting or requiring a student to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student's account or profile on a social networking website.

    (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a post-secondary school from obtaining information about a student that is in the public domain or that is otherwise obtained in compliance with this Act.

    (d) This Section does not apply when a post-secondary school has reasonable cause to believe that a student's account on a social networking website contains evidence that the student has violated a school disciplinary rule or policy.

(Source: P.A. 98-129, eff. 1-1-14.)

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