Law / United States / 
New Jersey
School surveillance equipment: board of education memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement for live streaming video
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance, Access restriction
What it requires
- If you are a board of education and at least one of your school buildings is equipped with video surveillance equipment that is capable of streaming live video wirelessly to a remote location, enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement authorities providing them with the capacity to activate the equipment and view live streaming video (N.J.S.A. 18A:41-9(a)).
- Include in the memorandum of understanding the designation of the individuals who are authorized to view live streaming video, the circumstances under which they would view it, and a detailed plan for preventing and detecting unauthorized access to live streaming video (N.J.S.A. 18A:41-9(a)(1) to (3)).
- If a school building is in a municipality with no municipal police department, enter into the memorandum of understanding with an entity designated by the Superintendent of the State Police (N.J.S.A. 18A:41-9(b)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
If at least one school building of a school district is equipped with video surveillance equipment capable of streaming live video wirelessly to a remote location, the board of education must enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement authorities that gives them the capacity to activate the equipment and view live streaming video.
The memorandum of understanding must designate the individuals authorized to view live streaming video, state the circumstances under which they would view it, and set out a detailed plan for preventing and detecting unauthorized access to live streaming video. A board whose school building is in a municipality with no municipal police department must enter into the memorandum of understanding with an entity designated by the Superintendent of the State Police.
If the parties cannot agree on a required provision, the county prosecutor makes the final determination on it. The act does not require a school district to install video surveillance equipment capable of streaming live video wirelessly to a remote site. The act took effect immediately and was approved on .
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