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Chico Unified board agrees to discuss proposed Verkada surveillance contract after public outcry
Summary
After multiple parents, students and teachers raised privacy and security concerns about a planned nearly $1.9 million Verkada camera system, the Chico Unified School District board voted 5–0 to agendize a full discussion of the contract at the district's next regular meeting.
The Chico Unified School District Board on Wednesday voted 5–0 to put a detailed discussion of a proposed camera and video surveillance contract with Riverside Technologies and Verkada on the agenda for the next regular meeting.
Board member Landau moved to suspend the regular order of business and agendize item 4a — described on the consent calendar as a "camera and video surveillance system refresh" using Verkada technology — and Member Hayes seconded. The motion carried unanimously after board roll call.
The vote followed more than an hour of public comment from students, teachers and parents who asked the board to pause and provide greater transparency about the contract, which speakers said was listed only as a quote on the…
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