Is It Illegal To Have Cameras In Classrooms

The bill would crave certain classroom teachers to vesture a microphone as well.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill introduced in Florida's House of Representatives would permit video cameras in public classrooms outset in July.

The bill, HB 1055, introduced by Rep. Bob Rommel (R-Naples), would accept public schoolhouse districts place video cameras in classrooms to record an "incident" and require certain classroom teachers to article of clothing a microphone likewise in the outcome that footage needed to be reviewed.

An incident could include abuse or annihilation that goes confronting proper acquit for employees and students in a schoolhouse district, according to the bill.

The video camera would be placed at the front of the classroom and capable of monitoring all areas of the classroom and recording audio, except in areas like restrooms and changing areas.

Before a school district installs the video cameras, district leaders would provide written notice of the installation to the parents, students and school employees.

With the new surveillance cameras, the bill states the identity of whatsoever students not involved with an incident who appear in the video recording volition be concealed past a blurring of the face.

Within vii days after receiving a asking to view a video recorded, the post-obit people would be allowed to view the recording: a school district employee involved in the alleged incident, a parent of a student involved in an alleged incident, a school district employee every bit part of the investigation, a law enforcement officer every bit part of the investigation and the Department of Children and Families as part of a child corruption or fail investigation.

Principals would be in charge of video photographic camera recordings and video recordings would be retained for at to the lowest degree iii months from its recording date or until the conclusion of an investigation.

The law would crave each school district to consummate and vote on whether to implement classroom cameras, including an interpretation of costs, by January. one, 2023.