SB 332
AN ACT relating to special education classrooms.
In Plain Language
This bill requires school districts to install video and audio cameras in all self-contained special education classrooms. Schools must tell parents within 5 days about the cameras and let them watch footage of their own child. The bill sets rules for how long video is kept and requires schools to notify parents if their child is injured in the classroom.
Official summary
Create a new section of KRS 157.200 to 157.290 to define terms; require a school district to install and maintain a video and audio surveillance system in every self-contained special education classroom; require a public school to notify a parent of each child in the classroom of the system and the parent's rights within 5 days; permit parents of recorded students access to system footage; require reasonable redaction and segregation to protect student privacy; designate a retention schedule for system footage; require school districts to notify the parents of each student present for an injury in a self-contained special education classroom; amend KRS 157.200 to define "parent" and amend the definition of "special education."
Sponsor
R. Webb (Republican-18)
Cosponsors
None listed
Latest action
to Committee on Committees (S)
Mar 2, 2026
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