Bill Text: IA HF2177 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to parental access to live video feeds of public school district classrooms and providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-09 - Subcommittee returns the bill to Committee without recommendation. [HF2177 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2177-Introduced.html
House
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
MOMMSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
parental
access
to
live
video
feeds
of
1
public
school
district
classrooms
and
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.76
Parental
monitoring
of
1
classroom
activities
——
live
video
feeds.
2
1.
a.
A
school
district
shall
have
a
camera
in
each
3
classroom
not
designated
for
special
education
or
physical
4
education.
The
cameras
shall
be
connected
to
the
internet
and
5
provide
the
ability
for
a
parent
or
guardian
of
a
child
in
a
6
classroom
to
obtain
access
to
view
the
live
footage
of
the
7
camera
connected
to
the
child’s
classroom.
8
b.
Expenses
related
to
the
installation
and
maintenance
of
9
classroom
cameras
and
related
services
and
hardware
necessary
10
to
maintain
live
footage
of
classrooms
shall
be
paid
from
11
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
school
district
under
12
section
257.16.
13
2.
A
school
district
shall
restrict
the
access
to
view
live
14
footage
of
cameras
in
its
classrooms
so
that
only
a
parent
15
or
guardian
of
a
child
in
the
classroom
may
view
the
footage
16
during
hours
in
which
students
are
in
normal
attendance.
17
3.
a.
An
employee
of
a
school
district
who
intentionally
18
obstructs,
disconnects,
or
otherwise
causes
a
camera
or
online
19
site
not
to
function
in
a
way
that
complies
with
subsection
1
20
shall
be
guilty
of
noncompliance.
21
b.
A
first
offense
of
noncompliance
is
punishable
by
a
22
written
reprimand.
23
c.
A
second
offense
of
noncompliance
is
punishable
by
a
fine
24
equivalent
to
one
percent
of
the
employee’s
weekly
salary.
25
d.
A
third
or
subsequent
offense
of
noncompliance
is
26
punishable
by
a
fine
equivalent
to
five
percent
of
the
27
employee’s
weekly
salary.
28
4.
A
superintendent
of
a
school
district
who
fails
to
29
cause
an
employee
of
a
school
district
to
comply
with
the
30
requirements
of
subsection
1
shall
be
subject
to
a
fine
31
equivalent
to
five
percent
of
the
superintendent’s
weekly
32
salary
each
time
an
employee
of
the
superintendent’s
school
33
district
is
fined
pursuant
to
subsection
3,
paragraph
“d”
.
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EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2
This
bill
relates
to
parental
access
to
live
video
feeds
of
3
public
school
district
classrooms
and
provides
for
penalties.
4
The
bill
requires
each
public
school
district
to
install
5
cameras
in
every
classroom
not
designated
for
special
education
6
or
physical
education
so
that
parents
and
guardians
of
children
7
may
view
live
footage
of
their
children’s
classrooms.
8
The
bill
provides
that
expenses
related
to
the
installation
9
and
maintenance
of
classroom
cameras
and
related
services
and
10
hardware
necessary
to
maintain
live
footage
of
classrooms
shall
11
be
paid
from
school
foundation
aid.
12
The
bill
requires
a
school
district
to
restrict
the
access
13
to
view
live
footage
of
cameras
in
its
classrooms
so
that
14
only
a
parent
or
guardian
of
a
child
in
the
classroom
may
15
view
the
footage
during
hours
in
which
students
are
in
normal
16
attendance.
17
The
bill
provides
that
an
employee
of
a
school
district
18
who
intentionally
obstructs,
disconnects,
or
otherwise
19
causes
a
camera
or
online
site
not
to
function
in
a
way
that
20
complies
with
requirements
for
classroom
cameras
is
guilty
of
21
noncompliance.
An
employee
guilty
of
noncompliance
shall
be
22
subject
to
a
written
reprimand
for
a
first
offense;
a
fine
23
equivalent
to
1
percent
of
the
employee’s
weekly
salary
for
24
a
second
offense;
and
a
fine
equivalent
to
5
percent
of
the
25
employee’s
weekly
salary
for
a
third
or
subsequent
offense.
26
The
bill
provides
that
a
superintendent
of
a
school
district
27
who
fails
to
cause
an
employee
of
a
school
district
to
comply
28
with
the
requirements
for
classroom
cameras
shall
be
subject
to
29
a
fine
equivalent
to
5
percent
of
the
superintendent’s
weekly
30
salary
each
time
an
employee
of
the
superintendent’s
school
31
district
is
guilty
of
noncompliance
for
a
third
or
subsequent
32
time.
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