manent restraining orders and injunctions to require 
compliance with this Act, including such legal or eq-
uitable relief incident thereto as may be appropriate, 
including, employment, reinstatement, promotion, 
and the payment of lost wages and benefits. 
SEC. 3. INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS TO 
PERSONAL 
ACCOUNTS 
ON 
SOCIAL 
NET-
WORKING WEBSITES. 
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1095(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(30)(A) The institution will not— 
‘‘(i) require or request that a student 
or potential student provide the institution 
with a user name, password, or any other 
means for accessing a private email ac-
count of the student or potential student 
or the personal account of the student or 
potential student on any social networking 
website; or 
‘‘(ii) discharge, discipline, discriminate 
against in any manner, or deny admission 
to, suspend, or expel, or threaten to take 
any such action against, any student or po-
tential student because— 
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‘‘(I) the student or potential stu-
dent refuses or declines to provide a 
user name, password, or other means 
for accessing a private email account 
of the student or potential student or 
the personal account of the student or 
potential student on any social net-
working website; or 
‘‘(II) such student or potential 
student has filed any complaint or in-
stituted or caused to be instituted any 
proceeding under or related to this 
paragraph or has testified or is about 
to testify in any such proceeding. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘social networking website’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 5(2) of the Social Networking 
Online Protection Act.’’. 
SEC. 4. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ACCESS TO PER-
SONAL ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL NETWORKING 
WEBSITES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 2 of part E of title IX 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1094 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 9537. PROHIBITION ON ACCESS TO PERSONAL AC-
COUNTS OF STUDENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No local educational agency re-
ceiving funds under this Act may— 
‘‘(1) require or request that a student or poten-
tial student provide the agency or a school served by 
the agency with a user name, password, or any other 
means for accessing a private email account of the 
student or potential student or the personal account 
of the student or potential student on any social net-
working website; or 
‘‘(2) discharge, discipline, discriminate against 
in any manner, or deny admission to, suspend, or 
expel, or threaten to take any such action against, 
any student or potential student because— 
‘‘(A) the student or potential student re-
fuses or declines to provide a user name, pass-
word, or other means for accessing a private 
email account of the student or potential stu-
dent or the personal account of the student or 
potential student on any social networking 
website; or 
‘‘(B) such student or potential student has 
filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be 
instituted any proceeding under or related to 
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this paragraph or has testified or is about to 
testify in any such proceeding. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subsection, 
the term ‘social networking website’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 5(2) of the Social Networking Online 
Protection Act.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 9536, the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 9537. Prohibition on access to personal accounts of students.’’. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘employer’’ means any person act-
ing directly or indirectly in the interest of an em-
ployer in relation to an employee or an applicant for 
employment; and 
(2) the term ‘‘social networking website’’ means 
any Internet service, platform, or website that pro-
vides a user with a distinct account— 
(A) whereby the user can access such ac-
count by way of a distinct user name, password, 
or other means distinct for that user; and 
(B) that is primarily intended for the user 
to upload, store, and manage user-generated 
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personal content on the service, platform, or 
website. 
Æ 
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