Students at a middle school in Florida will need to provide biometric information to participate in the free lunch program
Officials at a middle school in Sebring, Florida recently discussed implementing a biometric finger-scanning process for distributing school lunches, according to a report from the Highlands Today.
The program will require students to scan their fingerprints to receive their lunch. The system then will record and monitor the number of meals distributed for every student. The biometric solution is being discussed to solve an issue the school faced with its PIN number system for free lunches. Parents of the program’s participants had discovered unauthorized students had distributed their children’s PIN numbers and depleted the funds in their program accounts.
In an interview with Highlands Today, food service director Martha Brown said she believes the program will eliminate all of the problems resulting from the PIN number program.
"The biggest thing is it speeds things along," she said. "You are not punching in numbers and you are not having to remember your number. You can’t lose your finger and nobody can steal your finger."
Biometric identification has become popular technology for daily functions in public schools, as a new ID smartcard product designed to record attendance was released last month.
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