In order to protect Board property, promote security and protect the health, welfare and safety of students, staff and visitors, the School Board authorizes the use of video surveillance and electronic monitoring equipment on school property, and in school buildings and school buses. Information obtained through video-surveillance/electronic monitoring may be used to identify intruders and persons breaking the law, Board policy, or the School Board adopted School Rules (i.e., it may be used as evidence in disciplinary actions and criminal proceedings).

Any person who takes action to block, move, or alter the location and/or viewing angle of a video camera shall be subject to disciplinary action.

Any information obtained from video surveillance/electronic monitoring systems may only be used to support the orderly operation of the School Corporation’s schools and facilities, and for law enforcement purposes, and not for any other purposes. As such, recordings obtained through the use of video surveillance/electronic monitoring equipment may be used as evidence in any disciplinary proceedings, administrative proceeding or criminal proceeding, subject to Board policy and regulations. The recordings are for the safety and security of the school and are only to be viewed the by the principal and/or designee.

The Board will not use video surveillance/electronic monitoring equipment to obtain information for the purpose of routine staff appraisal/evaluation or monitoring.

Recordings of students will be treated as confidential, to the extent allowed by law. Parents or guardians of minor students, and students who are eighteen (18) years of age or older, who are charged with disciplinary violations may view relevant portions of any video recording related to the charge, upon written request to the building principal, provided that viewing the recording does not violate State and/or Federal law (i.e., the privacy rights of any other students whose images appear on the recording). Likewise, school personnel may view relevant portions of any video relating to any disciplinary charge against them, upon written request to the building principal, providing the viewing the recording does not violate State and/or Federal law (i.e., the privacy rights of any students whose images appear on the recording). Absent a clear legal obligation, confidential recordings will only be released through subpoena or court order.

FERPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232g
34 C.F.R. 99.1-99.67
Title I of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986
18 U.S.C. 2510-2521

Adopted 12/13/10