A law that went into effect at the start of 2015 will allow Illinois school districts to demand the social media passwords for students that break the rules or are suspected of cyberbullying. Motherboard received a copy of the letter sent to parents, which details the law:

"If your child has an account on a social networking website, e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, ask.fm, etc., please be aware that State law requires school authorities to notify you that your child may be asked to provide his or her password for these accounts to school officials in certain circumstances."

However, the law doesn't explicitly state that officials are allowed to demand the passwords: rather, that schools must have a "process to investigate whether a reported act of bullying is within the permissible scope of the district's or school's jurisdiction."