A 1323 — Requires boards of education and boards of trustees to adopt policy on use of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.*

A1323 1R [First Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No.

MILLER District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)  Assemblyman  Co-SponsoredVINCENT by:M.

Assemblywoman"VINNIE" MoralesKEARNEY andDistrict Assemblyman21 Hutchison(Middlesex,  Morris,  Somerset  and Union)   SYNOPSISCo-Sponsored     by: Requires boards of education to adopt policy on use of video surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.

Assemblywoman Morales and Assemblyman Hutchison   CURRENT  VERSION  OF  TEXTSYNOPSIS      IntroducedRequires Pendingboards Technicalof Revieweducation byand Legislativeboards Counsel.of trustees to adopt policy on use of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.

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   An Act concerning 1[video]1 surveillance systems in schools and supplementing chapter 41 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

            1.  a.  A board of education of a school district 1and a board of trustees of a charter school or renaissance school project1 that utilizes a video1[video]1 surveillance system 1, including a video surveillance system, x-ray machine, or body scanner,1 with artificial intelligence capabilities shall be required to adopt a policy regarding the use of the surveillance system.  The policy, at a minimum, shall:

          (1) include information on the surveillance system installed in the district,district 1[, including the benefits and challenges of utilizing the system;system] or school1;

          (2) identify the type of information that is to be collected through the surveillance system;

          (3) include information on how the board plans to utilize the information obtained through the surveillance system;

          (4) address the board’s plan to provide access to the information obtained through the surveillance system;system 1, in compliance with State and federal law governing student records and the provisions of the Uniform State Memorandum of Agreement Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials1;

and           (5) require the board to post signage in a prominent, public place in buildings and on school grounds where the surveillance system may be used.  The signage shall indicate that a surveillance system with artificial intelligence capabilities is in use in the building or on the school grounds.

          b.  The policy adopted by the board 1of education of a school district or the board of trustees of a charter school or renaissance school project that utilizes a video surveillance system1 shall comply with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.P.L.2017, c.119 (C.18A:41-9).

2017,     c.119c.  (C.18A:41-9).A board of education 1or board of trustees1 required to establish a policy pursuant to subsection a.

    of c. this Asection boardshall ofbe education required to establishdistribute athe policy pursuant to subsectionthe a.parents and guardians of students within the district 1or school1.

of     1d.  As used in this sectionsection, shall“artificial beintelligence” requiredmeans tothe distributedevelopment of software and hardware and the policyend-use application of technologies that are able to theperform parentstasks normally requiring human intelligence, including, but not limited to, visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, translation between languages, and guardiansgenerative artificial intelligence, which generates new content in response to user inputs of studentsdata.1 within       2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the district.first full school year following the date of enactment.

       2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year following the date of enactment.

    STATEMENT         This bill requires a board of education of a school district that utilizes a video surveillance system with artificial intelligence capabilities to adopt a policy regarding the use of the surveillance system.

     Under this bill, the policy, at a minimum, is to:

(1) include information on the surveillance system installed by the district, including the benefits and challenges of utilizing the system;

(2) identify the type of information that is to be collected through the surveillance system;

(3) include information on how the board plans to utilize the information obtained through the surveillance system;

(4) address the board’s plan to provide access to the information obtained through the surveillance system;

and (5) require the board to post signage in a prominent, public place in buildings and on school grounds where the surveillance system may be used.  The signage is required to indicate that a surveillance system with artificial intelligence capabilities is in use in the building or on the school grounds.

     The bill clarifies that the policy adopted by the board is to comply with the current law that requires the establishment of a memorandum of understanding between the board of education and law enforcement in regard to video surveillance equipment that is capable of streaming live videos wirelessly to remote locations.

     Additionally, a board of education that is required to establish a policy under this bill is required to distribute the policy to the parents and guardians of students within the district.