Assembly Bill A5173

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Permits teachers to record classroom lessons and retain rights to the recordings

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5173 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3037, Ed L

2017-A5173 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits teachers to record classroom lessons and retain rights to the recordings.

2017-A5173 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5173
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting teachers to
   record classroom lessons and retain rights
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 3037
 to read as follows:
   § 3037. TEACHERS RETAINING RIGHTS TO RECORDED LESSONS.  1.  A  TEACHER
 MAY,  WITH  EITHER WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE PARENTS OF THOSE STUDENTS
 INVOLVED OR BY REMOVING ANY WAY TO IDENTIFY A STUDENT VIA FACE BLURRING,
 RECORD CLASSROOM LESSONS BEING GIVEN BY THE TEACHER. A  TEACHER  IS  NOT
 REQUIRED  TO RECEIVE PERMISSION FROM THE SCHOOL TO RECORD A LESSON AND A
 SCHOOL SHALL NOT ENACT POLICIES TO PREVENT SUCH RECORDINGS  FROM  OCCUR-
 RING.
   2. THE COPYRIGHT TO ANY RECORDED LESSONS IS HELD SOLELY BY THE TEACHER
 OR TEACHERS WHO MADE THE RECORDING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07042-01-7

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