2.Guidelines
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All students shall be notified that they are
subject to being videotaped on the school bus at any time. Notification
of this practice to parents of all students shall be made through
each school. The actual taping shall be audio and video.
The ideal method of videotaping shall be by scheduling the cameras
on the school bus on a rotating basis so as not to select only
certain buses. Based on the number of incidences of misconduct
or the seriousness of these reports, video monitoring of a bus
route may be done more extensively.
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3.Delegation of Responsibility
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Where appropriate under the circumstances, the
Superintendent of Schools, the Business Manager, or the Director
of Transportation may decide if more extensive monitoring is needed.
Such additional monitoring is intended to augment the written
disciplinary reports by the bus driver, not take the place of
such reports.
After videotaping has been conducted, the tapes are to be stored
in a secure location at the Transportation Office for a period
of 10 days. If no incidents are reported in ten days, the tapes
will be recycled. If an incident is reported, the videotape of
the incident is to be kept in a secure location until final resolution,
after which it is to be recycled. If there is reasonable suspicion
that behavior contrary to district policy may be occurring and
not being reported, the Director of Transportation may review
tapes for compliance during the ten day period. Tapes must not
be libraried for any reason.
A request for viewing a videotape can only be made by drivers,
school administrators, and parent(s)/ guardian(s). The requesting
parties must have valid reason to make that request. A request
can only be made with the intent to observe a given problem or
situation and in an effort to work towards a resolution of that
problem or incident. Requests by parent(s)/guardian(s) shall be
made in writing to the Director of Transportation.
A log will be kept to document any viewing of tapes. The log
will record who viewed the tape, the date and the reason for the
request.
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