RFID for School Attendance and More

RFID Explained

• RFID is a radio frequency identification device used for tracking.
• The uses have included accountability and tracking consumer items.
• In the last five-to-eight years it has been used in school systems.

RFID School Uses

• Attendance - automatic, no need for manual or roll call method.
• Safety - access secured and staff/students use device to enter.
• Emergency location - can locate students in emergency.
• Equipment accountability - affix to equipment for inventory control.

RFID Challenges

• Concern about privacy violation.
• Treating student as number, object, or product.

Proposed Policy

• Access school facilities.
• Student accountability.
• Student safety.
• Emergency location.
• Equipment accountability.

Ethics Application

• Only used on campus and school buses.
• Location information only used for purposes in policy.
• No distribution of information without prior consent.

Violation Consequences

• Lost or damaged - $10.00 replacement.
• Failure to use can result in suspension.
• Violation of privacy can result in suspension, termination, legal penalty.

RFID for School Attendance and More