CR80News | Schools add RFID tagging to student IDs

Monday, June 18, 2012

Student ID cards equipped with RFID are starting to show up more and more in K-12 schools. According to Labeling News, schools are now adopting RFID technology to track everything from student attendance to valuable assets.

Tracking attendance with RFID could help school districts recoup more money since the number of students in a classroom has a role in determining the revenue a school receives. One Texas school district is already piloting RFID student tags in two of its schools.

Another use for RFID is improving safety in classrooms and on campus. A panic button could be added to IDs in case of emergency. Temporary passes can also be issued to keep track of visitors and send automatic alerts should someone be someplace he shouldn’t be or if he overstays a scheduled departure time.

As for tracking expensive assets, tags can be affixed to laptops and projectors to keep them secure while making it easier to locate them.

Higher One Holdings Inc. announced the acquisition of Sallie Mae’s Campus Solutions business. Sallie Mae’s Campus Solutions provides billing payment solutions, refund disbursement services and tuition payment plan administration, to college and university business offices across the country.

Student ID forger nabbed by social media boast

Apparently fake IDs aren’t just for trying to get into bars when you’re underage. An Irish designer created a fake student ID to take advantage of a discount at a local pizza restaurant but was later busted when he bragged about it on Facebook.

Anti-RFID student claims tags made her sick

MySanAntonio.com’s Class Notes blog reports that Andrea Hernandez, the Texas student who sued the Northside Independent School District last year over wearing a school ID badge embedded with an RFID tag, said radiation in the tags on other students’ IDs have made her sick.

Multicard offers integrated contactless solution for student ID verification, administration

Multicard, a supplier of identity management and a business unit of Identive Group, announced an integrated smart card solution for student ID verification and administration based on the latest NFC and MIFARE DESFire EV1 contactless card technologies.

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Schools add RFID tagging to student IDs