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Board narrows but keeps privacy language restricting staff use of personal devices to photograph or video students
Summary
After heated debate, the board retained revised language in policy 33‑24 that restricts audio/video recording of students on personal devices without prior approval and clarifies that public events are treated differently; a motion to strike those paragraphs failed.
The Berkeley Heights Board of Education considered revisions to policy 33‑24 (rights of privacy) that would limit the use of personal devices by staff and others to record students without prior approval and add procedures for when recordings may be needed for instructional or disciplinary purposes.
What was proposed: The draft clarifies that the board prohibits audio or video recording of students on personal devices during the school day except in defined, supervised circumstances (with prior approval) and that records that become part of disciplinary proceedings must…
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