A Republican lawmaker in Iowa has proposed a bill that would require school districts in the state to install cameras in virtually every public school classroom to monitor teachers.
A Republican lawmaker in Iowa has proposed a bill that would require school districts in the state to install cameras in virtually every public school classroom.has been criticized by teachers groups and union leaders
The bill mandates that only parents or guardians can access the livestreams — but it doesn’t contain language restricting parents from sharing the links with others, and does not impose punishments on parents if they choose to do so. whether they wanted to install cameras in classrooms. The bill would allow parents to access the video at any time, so that they could investigate for themselves vaguely defined “incidents” involving teachers., even proposing that teachers be forced to wear body cameras in classrooms. Last year, Missouri state Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin also suggested that teachers should be recorded, claiming that cameras could serve as a tool to ensure that critical race theory isn’t being taught in classrooms.
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