House File 2681 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2681 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2218) A BILL FOR An Act relating to video recording systems in special education 1 classrooms. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6610HV (1) 91 mb/jh
H.F. 2681 Section 1. Section 256E.7, subsection 2, Code 2026, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0s. Be subject to and comply with the 3 requirements of section 279.89 relating to the installation of 4 video recording systems in special education classrooms in the 5 same manner as a school district. 6 Sec. 2. Section 256F.4, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended 7 by adding the following new paragraph: 8 NEW PARAGRAPH . v. Be subject to and comply with the 9 requirements of section 279.89 relating to the installation of 10 video recording systems in special education classrooms in the 11 same manner as a school district. 12 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 279.89 Video recording systems in 13 special education classrooms. 14 A school district shall install a video recording system 15 in each special education classroom in each attendance 16 center. The video recording system, and any recording created 17 by the video recording system, must be consistent with the 18 requirements of any applicable state and federal privacy laws, 19 including the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy 20 Act, U.S.C. §1232g, and any regulations promulgated pursuant 21 to that Act. 22 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 23 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 24 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 25 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 26 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 27 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 28 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 29 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 30 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 31 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 32 districts. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -1- LSB 6610HV (1) 91 mb/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2681 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill requires school districts, charter schools, and 2 innovation zone schools to install a video recording system in 3 each special education classroom in each attendance center. 4 Such video recording system, and any recordings created by 5 such video recording system, must be consistent with the 6 requirements of applicable state and federal privacy laws. 7 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 8 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 9 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 10 district from state school foundation aid received by the 11 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 12 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state 13 mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. 14 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate 15 the requirement of school districts to comply with any state 16 mandates included in the bill. 17 -2- LSB 6610HV (1) 91 mb/jh 2/ 2