Senate Bill 1 Section 26.009

Consent Required for Certain Activities

Subsection (b)

An employee of a school district is not required to obtain the consent of a child's parent before the employee may make a videotape of a child or authorize the recording of a child's voice if the videotape or voice recording is to be used only for:

1. purposes of safety, including the maintenance of order and discipline in common areas of the school or on school buses;

2. a purpose related to a co-curriculuar or extracurricular activity; or

3. a purpose related to regular classroom instruction.

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