§ 1044 County Board Copyright Ownership

Education Code·California

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County school boards can claim ownership of copyrights for anything they create, and any money earned from those copyrights goes to the board.

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•The board can get copyrights for works it makes.
•All money from those copyrights belongs to the board.
•This applies to any copyrightable work the board develops.

Example

A group of teachers writes a new science textbook for the district.

The school board can register the textbook under its own name, and any royalties the book earns will be paid to the board, not the individual teachers.

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§ 1044 County Board Copyright Ownership

Any county board of education may secure copyrights, in the name of the board, to all copyrightable works developed by the board, and royalties or revenue from such copyrights are to be for the benefit of the board securing such copyrights. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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county board of education copyrights royalties or revenue

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Education Code. Section 1044.

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