Proposed Rules for Video Cameras in Special Education Classrooms
January 6, 2026
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Where This Stands
Currently Died in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
10 actions- Feb 10, 2026SenateCS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
- Feb 5, 2026SenateNow in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
- Feb 5, 2026SenateRemaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
- Feb 5, 2026SenateOriginal reference(s) removed: Judiciary
- Feb 5, 2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 3, 2026SenateCS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
Show 4 earlier actions
- Jan 29, 2026SenateOn Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 12, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Education Pre-K - 12; Judiciary; Rules
- Jan 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled
Version history
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View official text →The Frame
The bill creates a standardized legal framework for parents to monitor special education environments, impacting how school districts manage surveillance, data retention, and investigations for students with special needs.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Parents of special education students
They gain the right to request video and audio monitoring in their child's self-contained classroom.
School districts
They are required to adopt policies, install equipment, manage data retention, and facilitate viewing requests.
School employees
They are subject to being recorded while working in self-contained classrooms.
Current stage: Died in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education.
Floor Vote.
Summary
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can any parent request a camera in their child's classroom?
Who is allowed to watch the video recordings?
Can schools use these videos to evaluate teachers?
Why It Matters
The bill creates a standardized legal framework for parents to monitor special education environments, impacting how school districts manage surveillance, data retention, and investigations for students with special needs.
News Coverage
Lobbying Activity
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
on behalf of Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2026
“Quantum computing Immigration Issues National Institute of Health CHILDReN Act EARLY Minds Act Interoperability Issues Brain Health 340B Graduate Medical Education Workforce Issues Payer Accountability Organ Transplant Legislation Healthy Competition Act Price Transparency ”
ACG Advocacy
on behalf of DREXEL UNIVERSITY
2026
“General issues impacting higher education. Research and development funding for specialty materials. Appropriations for University funding. Issues related to pediatric hospitals.”
725 STRATEGIES
on behalf of Schuerger Law Group
2026
“Lobbying to restart PCP referrals on student loan collections”
ACG Advocacy
on behalf of March Fourth
2026
“School safety/security.”
ADOBE INC
2026
“IT Modernization and Digital Service delivery issues; Digital Service Delivery IT Acquisition, and Content Authenticity and digital provenance issues; Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI); artificial intelligence; content provenance; privacy; technology in and competition issues; AI innovation and the economy; Content provenance and AI Labelling; IT modernization; Support for H.R. 9112 - CREATOR Act”
ACTE
2026
“Providing information surrounding the benefits of supporting career and technical education (CTE); Supporting the work of the House and Senate CTE Caucuses; Supporting the Skills Saving Account Act, H.R. 464; Supporting the Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act, S.4576/H.R.8896; Providing input for K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act, H.R. 8747; Supporting the Early Childhood Workforce Advancement Act, S. 4597/H.R.8937; opposing Interagency Agreements between the Department of Education and other agencies; sharing recommendations for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.”
AARP
2026
“P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology”
1607 STRATEGIES, LLC
on behalf of inspHIRE IO Corp. DBA Candidly
2026
“Student loan and retirement security issues. Implementation of SECURE 2.0 of 2022 Act. Access to student loan payment data to allow employees to match student loan payments with retirement savings payments. Issues related to Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019.”
2020 STRATEGIES LLC
on behalf of PDE Action
2026
“Federal Scholarship Tax Credit DC Opportunity Scholarship Program Returning Education to the States”
on behalf of Center for Creative Education, Inc.
2026
Voting Record
Favorable with Committee Substitute
Total
9
Yes
7
No
0
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
Sponsors
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Transition from Pilot to Permanent Policy
The bill explicitly deletes references to a 'Pilot Program,' indicating a shift toward establishing permanent, statewide requirements for classroom video monitoring.
Connected Entities
Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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