Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

This bill requires local boards of education to adopt policies to allow a parent of a student to view photos or video footage from a camera installed inside a school bus if a parent or student reports to a school official that physical harm, harassment, intimidation, or bullying has occurred against the parent's student while being transported on the school bus. These policies must:<br /> <br /> (1) Require that photos or video footage be viewed under supervision of the director of schools, the school principal, or a school official; and<br /> (2) Comply with state confidential records laws, the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and any other relevant state or federal privacy laws.<br /> <br /> These policies may establish a process or timeframe by which a parent must request access to view the photos or video footage.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 1, 2019, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 182, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require any LEA that has one or more school buses operating in the LEA with a camera or video camera installed inside a school bus that is used to transport students to and from school or school-sponsored activities to adopt a policy that establishes a process to allow a parent, guardian, or person having custody of a student to view photographs or video footage collected from the camera. A policy established pursuant to this amendment must:<br /> <br /> (1) Require that photographs or video footage be viewed under the supervision of the director of schools, or the director's designee;<br /> (2) Comply with relevant state or federal privacy laws; and<br /> (3) Establish the duration for which an LEA must maintain photographs or video footage collected from a camera or video camera installed inside a school bus.<br /> <br />