§ 32361 Employee Copyright Work Restrictions

Education Code·California

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•Schools and colleges can't use their employees' work time to help someone else get a copyright.
•But schools can get copyrights for things they create themselves.
•The copyright must be in the school's name, not a person's or company's name.

Example

A teacher writes a book during school hours.

The school can't make the teacher spend work time to help a publisher copyright the book. But if the school writes a book, they can copyright it under the school's name.

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§ 32361 Employee Copyright Work Restrictions

A school district, a community college district, a county board of education, or a county superintendent of schools shall not use the regular worktime of any employee to secure a copyright for any person or firm, but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the governing board of any school district, community college district, or county board of education from securing copyrights, in the name of the district or board, to all copyrightable works developed by the district or board. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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school district community college district county board of education county superintendent of schools copyright governing board

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Education Code. Section 32361.

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