An Act Regarding Student Privacy with Respect to Video Recordings

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA c. 223, sub-c. 11  is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 11

VIDEO RECORDINGS

§ 6681.  Dissemination of video recordings

An elementary or secondary school shall keep confidential a video recording in which a student is present, including a video recording taken in a bus or other means of student transportation used by the school, and may not disseminate or publish the video recording without the written permission of a parent of the student.

SUMMARY

This bill requires an elementary or secondary school to keep confidential a video recording in which a student is present, including a video recording taken in a bus or other means of student transportation used by the school, and prohibits the school from disseminating or publishing the video recording without the written permission of a parent of the student.