Editing Smart card (section)

=== Schools ===
Smart cards are being provided to students at some schools and colleges.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/Qld-schools-benefit-from-smart-cards/2004/12/06/1102182194085.html?from=moreStories | work=The Age | first=Sam | last=Varghese | title=Qld schools benefit from smart cards | date=6 December 2004 | access-date=20 May 2011 | archive-date=6 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106204136/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/Qld-schools-benefit-from-smart-cards/2004/12/06/1102182194085.html?from=moreStories | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=CreditCards.com |url=http://australia.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/cashless-lunches-come-to-australian-schools.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129142951/http://australia.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/cashless-lunches-come-to-australian-schools.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 November 2010 |title=Cashless lunches come to Australian schools |publisher=Australia.creditcards.com |date=27 October 2009 |access-date=13 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifr.ac.uk/media/newsreleases/smartcard.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051120144245/http://www.ifr.ac.uk/Media/NewsReleases/smartcard.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 November 2005 |title=News Release – Smart card technology to monitor smart food choices in schools |publisher=Ifr.ac.uk |date=14 July 2005 |access-date=13 February 2014 }}</ref> Uses include:

* Tracking student attendance
* As an [[electronic purse]], to pay for items at canteens, vending machines, laundry facilities, etc.
* Tracking and monitoring food choices at the canteen, to help the student maintain a healthy diet
* Tracking loans from the school library
* [[Access control]] for admittance to restricted buildings, [[dormitories]], and other facilities. This requirement may be enforced at all times (such as for a laboratory containing valuable equipment), or just during after-hours periods (such as for an academic building that is open during class times, but restricted to authorized personnel at night), depending on security needs.
* Access to transportation services