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Louisiana
Cameras in special education classrooms: required policies, retention of recordings, viewing limits and confidentiality
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance, Retention, Access restriction, Disclosure
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a public school governing authority, adopt policies on video and audio cameras in each special education classroom, install a camera in each such classroom and verify periodically that it operates, notify parents when a camera is out of operation for more than two consecutive school days, and submit the policies, and any revision within ten days, to the state Department of Education (La. R.S. 17:1948(A)).
- Make the policies prohibit recording the interior of a restroom or any area where students change or remove clothing, give written notice of camera placement to everyone who enters the classroom, and provide for the retention, storage and disposal of recordings, keeping each for at least one month from the recording date (La. R.S. 17:1948(C)(1), (2) and (4)).
- Limit viewing of the recordings to the superintendent or his designee and, on request, the parent or legal guardian of a recorded student, have two of them present at the initial viewing after a request, set procedures for a parent's request to review a recording, and keep the recordings confidential and out of the public record (La. R.S. 17:1948(C)(5), (C)(8) and (D)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
Under Revised Statutes 17:1948(A), each public school governing authority must adopt policies on cameras that record both video and audio in a classroom, install a camera in each classroom, verify periodically that it remains in operation, and submit its policies to the state Department of Education.
Under Revised Statutes 17:1948(B), a classroom is a self-contained classroom or other special education setting in which a majority of the students in regular attendance receive special education and related services for at least half of the instructional day.
Under Revised Statutes 17:1948(C), the policies must prohibit recording the interior of a restroom or any area where students change or remove clothing, and must provide for the retention, storage and disposal of the recordings, which must be kept for at least one month from the recording date.
Under Revised Statutes 17:1948(C)(5), the policies must protect student privacy, limit viewing of the recordings to the superintendent or his designee and, on request, the parent or legal guardian of a recorded student, require two viewers at the initial viewing after a request, and require a viewer who suspects a violation of law to report it to law enforcement.
Under Revised Statutes 17:1948(D), the recordings are confidential and are not public records, and they are not personally identifiable information as Revised Statutes 17:3914 defines it. The provisions this entry describes came into force on different days.
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