CHAPTER 402

An Act concerning certain student information posted on the Internet and supplementing chapter 36 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

C.18A:36-35 Disclosure of certain student information on Internet prohibited without parental consent.

    1.    The board of education of each school district and the board of trustees of each charter school that establishes an Internet web site, shall not disclose on that web site any personally identifiable information about a student without receiving prior written consent from the student's parent or guardian on a form developed by the Department of Education. The written consent form shall contain a statement concerning the potential dangers of personally identifiable information about individual students on the Internet.

    As used in this act, "personally identifiable information" means student names, student photos, student addresses, student e-mail addresses, student phone numbers, and locations and times of class trips.

    2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

    Approved January 8, 2002.