FILE: IDDFC
CAMERAS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS
The Lafayette Parish School Board authorizes and directs the Superintendent to develop and implement procedures relative to the installation and operation of cameras that record both video and audio in special education classrooms, in accordance with state law, when requested by a parent or legal guardian of a student with disabilities.
For purposes of this policy, classroom shall mean a self-contained classroom or other special education setting in which a majority of students in regular attendance are provided special education and related services and are assigned to one or more self-contained classrooms or other special education settings for at least fifty percent (50%) of the instructional day. Classroom shall not mean special education classrooms and other special education settings where the only students with exceptionalities receiving special education and related services are those who have been deemed to be gifted or talented and have not been identified as also having a disability.
Recordings made pursuant to this policy shall be confidential and shall not be public record. However, a recording may be viewed by the Superintendent or his/her designee, the parent or legal guardian of a recorded student, or by law enforcement officials if violations of law may have occurred.
The recordings shall not be considered “personally identifiable information” as defined in La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:3914.
New policy: October 12, 2022
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:1948
Board minutes, 10-12-22
Lafayette Parish School Board