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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the placement of video monitoring cameras in |
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self-contained classrooms providing special education services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 26.009, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) An employee of a school district is not required to |
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obtain the consent of a child's parent before the employee may make |
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a videotape of a child or authorize the recording of a child's voice |
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if the videotape or voice recording is to be used only for: |
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(1) purposes of safety, including the maintenance of |
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order and discipline in common areas of the school or on school |
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buses; |
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(2) a purpose related to a cocurricular or |
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extracurricular activity; |
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(3) a purpose related to regular classroom |
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instruction; [or] |
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(4) media coverage of the school; or |
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(5) a purpose related to the promotion of student |
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safety under Section 29.022. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.022 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.022. VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF CLASSROOMS. (a) In |
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order to promote student safety, a school district shall provide |
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equipment for a school to place a video monitoring camera in a |
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self-contained classroom in which students receive special |
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services. Cameras placed under this section must be capable of |
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covering all areas of the classroom. |
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(b) Before a school places a video monitoring camera in a |
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classroom under this section, the school shall provide written |
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notice of the placement to the parents of a student receiving |
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special services in the self-contained classroom. |
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(c) A school district shall retain video recorded from a |
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camera placed under this section until at least the first |
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anniversary of the date the video was recorded. |
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(d) A school district may solicit and accept gifts, grants, |
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and donations from any person for use in placing video monitoring |
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cameras in classrooms under this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |