An Act concerning the retention of video footage from school surveillance systems and supplementing chapter 41 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
C.18A:41-9.1 Protocol regarding retention of video footage from school surveillance systems.
1. a. No later than six months following the effective date of this act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall develop a protocol regarding the retention of video footage from school surveillance systems. Matters to be addressed in the protocol shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: a minimum and maximum amount of time that footage may be retained; measures to be taken to limit access to the footage; and compliance with the “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974,” (20 U.S.C. s.1232g). The Attorney General shall review the protocol annually and shall revise it as necessary.
b. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require a school district to install a school surveillance system.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 18, 2019.