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Whitehouse ISD authorizes video and audio monitoring in self-contained special education settings
Summary
The board unanimously approved installation of video and audio monitoring equipment in self-contained special education settings to record during the 2026–27 school year, including Extended School Year services. Trustees specified recording start and end dates.
The Whitehouse Independent School District Board of Trustees authorized installation of video and audio monitoring equipment in self-contained special education settings for the 2026–2027 school year. Trustee Joe Conflitti moved the authorization; Trustee Al Flanagan seconded. The motion passed with six yeas and one absence.
The board record states the monitoring will "begin recording on the first day of the 2026-2027 school year and end on the last day of the 2026-2027 school year, including Extended School Year Services." The motion was made pursuant to state regulations as recorded in the meeting text. The transcript does not record additional operational details such as vendor selection, specific classroom locations, data retention policy, or parental notice procedures; those items were not specified in the posted minutes.
Trustee vote on the measure was recorded as unanimous among those present. The motion text in the record reads: "Motion made to authorize the Installation of Video and Audio Monitoring Equipment in Self-Contained Special Education settings as requested by the School Board, pursuant to State Regulations to begin recording on the first day of the 2026-2027 school year and end on the last day of the 2026-2027 school year, including Extended School Year Services as presented."
