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Video and audio recording equipment
may be installed on school buses to monitor school transportation
and may be videotaping and recording bus routes at random
during the school year. Buses may be equipped with video
monitor boxes, in which video-recording devices may
be installed. Students will not be notified when a recording
device has been installed on their bus.
The Transportation Supervisor, a principal or a representative
of Beach Transportation Co. may review tapes on a routine
basis, and evidence of student misconduct will be documented.
Students found to be in violation of bus conduct rules
shall be notified and disciplinary action will be initiated
under the guidelines contained in the District’s
discipline procedures for District approved student
transportation.
Videotapes shall be treated as protected student records.
The following guidelines shall apply:
1. Tapes shall remain in the custody of the District;
2. Persons unrelated to a disciplinary incident shall
not be permitted to view bus videotapes.
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