85R5265 MEW-D
By: Keough H.B. No. 757
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the placement and use of video cameras in
self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special
education services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.022(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A school or campus that places a video camera in a
classroom or other special education setting in accordance with
Subsection (a) shall operate and maintain the camera in the
classroom or setting as long as the classroom or setting continues
to satisfy the requirements under Subsection (a). If the classroom
or other special education setting no longer satisfies the
requirements under Subsection (a), the school or campus must
immediately remove the video camera from the classroom or setting.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.