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Board OKs school‑bus video monitoring; debate centers on interior cameras and use of fines
Summary
Supervisors authorized the York County School Board to install video monitoring systems on or in school buses to record drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses, while residents and some supervisors raised concerns about interior cameras and whether fine revenue should support school resource officers.
York County supervisors on May 21 adopted Ordinance 24‑10 authorizing the York County School Board to install and operate video monitoring systems in or on school buses for the purpose of recording violations of the state law that prohibits passing stopped school buses.
County attorneys and staff briefed the board that the state statute (Va. Code §46.2‑844) permits localities to authorize such systems and typically requires law‑enforcement review before citations are issued. The program model presented to the board mirrors other Virginia localities in which a vendor installs exterior swing‑arm cameras on buses to…
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