Requires boards of education to adopt policy on use of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.

S3883

SENATE, No. 3883

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires boards of education to adopt policy on use
of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning surveillance systems in schools and
supplementing chapter 41 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

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1.�
a.� A board of education of a school district and a board of trustees of a
charter school or renaissance school project that utilizes a surveillance
system, including a video surveillance system, x-ray machine, or body scanner,
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 or school;

���� (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,
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 Officials; 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 of education of a school district or the board of trustees of a charter
school or renaissance school project that utilizes a video surveillance system
shall comply with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2017, c.119 (C.18A:41-9).

���� c.� A board of education or
board of trustees required to establish a policy pursuant to subsection a. of
this section shall be required to distribute the policy to the parents and
guardians of students within the district or school.

���� d.� As used in this section,
�artificial intelligence� means the development of software and hardware and
the end-use application of technologies that are able to perform tasks normally
requiring human intelligence, including, but not limited to, visual perception,
speech recognition, decision-making, translation between languages, and
generative artificial intelligence, which generates new content in response to
user inputs of data.

���� 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 and a board of trustees of a charter school or
renaissance school project that utilizes a surveillance system, including a
video surveillance system, x-ray machine, or body scanner, with artificial intelligence
capabilities to adopt a policy regarding the use of the surveillance system.

����� Under the bill, the policy
would: (1) include information on the surveillance system installed by the
district or school; (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, 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 Officials; 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 a board of education or board of trustees that utilizes a
video surveillance system is to comply with the current law that requires the
establishment of a memorandum of understanding between the board of education
or board of trustees 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 or board of trustees 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 or school.