Bill Text: NY A05173 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5173 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-25 - enacting clause stricken [A05173 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05173-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5173
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    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:
     1    Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 3037
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3037. Teachers retaining rights to recorded lessons.  1.  A  teacher
     4  may,  with  either written permission from the parents of those students
     5  involved or by removing any way to identify a student via face blurring,
     6  record classroom lessons being given by the teacher. A  teacher  is  not
     7  required  to receive permission from the school to record a lesson and a
     8  school shall not enact policies to prevent such recordings  from  occur-
     9  ring.
    10    2. The copyright to any recorded lessons is held solely by the teacher
    11  or teachers who made the recording.
    12    § 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