Currently, students and teachers can be surreptitiously monitored by video if no sound is included in the taping. State law prohibits audio recording of private conversations without consent.
Rep. Mike Sells, D-Everett, has filed a bill restricting such videotaping in reaction to the use of hidden video-surveillance equipment by the Everett School District to investigate a teacher in 2007.
This measure would require that all certified and classified staff must be notified in writing before video surveillance. Also, schools would be required to post written notices outside of every room that may be monitored.
Read more at The Seattle Times.
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