HBA-MPM H.B. 216 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 216 By: Hochberg Public Education 4/20/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In most instances, a school district is prohibited from videotaping or making a voice recording of a child without the prior consent of the child's parents. H.B. 216 amends the Education Code to include additional circumstances under which a videotape or voice recording of a child may be made by a school district employee without prior consent of the child's parents, namely, if the videotape or voice recording documents the open portion of an open meeting held by a school district or if it documents certain closed meetings. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends 26.009(b), Education Code, to include additional circumstances under which a videotape or voice recording of a child may be made by a school district employee without prior consent of the child's parents. Specifies that the employee may videotape or make a voice recording of a child without prior parental consent if the videotape or voice recording documents the open portion of a meeting held by a school district in accordance with Chapter 551 (Open Meetings), Government Code; or a closed meeting held in accordance with Section 551.082(a)(1), Government Code (School Children; School District Employees; Disciplinary Matter or Complaint). Redesignates existing Subdivisions (1)-(4) to Paragraphs (1)(A)-(1)(D), respectively. Makes a nonsubstantive change. SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective beginning with the 1999-2000 school year. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.