Posted on 12/21/2021 12:20:43 PM PST by Jacquerie
A new bill filed by Senator Joe Gruters (Tampa) aims to require all school board meetings in Florida to be recorded and streamed live on a publicly available website as well as granting members of the public more freedom to participate in discussion.
Senate Bill 1300 (SB 1300) would mandate that a minimum of 30 minutes at the start of every school board meeting be allocated for individual members of the public and representatives of groups to freely speak on any topic relating to the meeting and its proceedings. Each speaker would be given at least 3 minutes to touch on each agenda item.
SB 1300 would additionally grant speakers the right to individually criticize members of a school board given that they maintain orderly conduct and actively contribute to the ongoing discussion of the meeting.
The bill is filed amid a rise in tensions at school board meetings not just in Florida, but nationwide, as crucial decisions regarding COVID-19 handling, school safety, and Critical Race Theory curriculums are discussed and voted on.
School board meetings grew to become a hotbed for political turmoil in states that recently held elections like Virginia where Republicans saw big victories across the board, with many voters citing school conduct during the pandemic as a persuading factor in their push to the right on ballots.
Gruters is attempting to bolster Florida’s ‘Parent’s Bill of Rights’ that Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law earlier this year, ruling that the state may not infringe on the fundamental rights of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their child without demonstrating that such action is reasonable and necessary to achieve a compelling state interest and that such action is narrowly tailored and is not otherwise served by a less restrictive means.
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With CRT the RATs have awakened a sleeping giant Mama Bear and filled her with a terrible resolve.
Good start. What should also be done is make all classroom sessions available to parents via streaming.
Good start. Now all criminal court hearings.
I was involved in a criminal court proceeding, no cameras or recording devices allowed. One of the witnesses who is my estranged daughter and a prosecutor lost it in court. Made wild accusations against my attorney. Once everything was done I requested transcripts and was ignored for six months. Finally paid an attorney to do this. The transcripts provided do not include my daughters out burst. Tried to challenge this and not one lawyer, including the one who was verbally attacked will touch it. All of this should be streamed because they are all corrupt.
Then stream all classrooms at all times.
I totally agree with that. As a taxpayer I'd like to know what I am paying for.
I've advocated that for years. Two cameras...one at the back of the room focused on the teacher's area, and on at the front focused on the students. Access to both available by password to any parent (or any voter?) on request.
Yes! Florida law should require every public school classroom be audio and video recorded continuously when anyone is in the room. The school district should be required to maintain the recordings for 5-10 years. Failure to comply could result in financial penalties to instructional and administrative personel.
This should be a Federal law and apply to every classroom in public and private schools as well as colleges.
My daughter’s child’s daycare had live feeds where you could check on your kids at anytime including outside.
“like to know what I am paying for.”
Precisely. Expose the teachers/indoctrinators filling young minds with liberal garbage. (only kind there is nowadays)
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