9151 - USE OF CAMERAS AND OTHER RECORDING DEVICES IN LOCKER ROOMS

The Board recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy interests of the District's students and is committed to safeguarding students' privacy in the locker room facilities.

As required by law, the Board establishes this locker room privacy policy.

To protect the privacy of students, non-staff access to locker rooms for the purpose of interviewing or seeking information from any student in the locker room is prohibited. No member of the media is allowed access to school locker rooms before, during, or after any school athletic event or practice. Coaches and student-athletes may be available for interviews outside the locker room, consistent with school rules.

The following recording devices will be permitted in the locker room for the particular use described:

1. Audio tape recorders may be used by staff or students for otherwise appropriate purposes, provided the recording is purely audio and contains no video or still photo component.
2. Video recording devices of any type may be used in the locker room, provided that no students are present in the locker room when the recording device is being used.
3. Video recording devices may be used for school projects involving video production or other video or pictorial presentation by student(s) provided that a District staff member verifies prior to allowing such equipment in a locker room that no student(s) is/are using the locker room to change and thus could be caught in an exposed condition by recording equipment. The staff member must notify anyone inside the locker room that a recording device will be brought in and the purpose of the device, with sufficient warning to allow any occupants to depart the locker room.
4. Covert surveillance video may be used to investigate suspected illegal behavior or behavior by students that violates school rules. Use of such surveillance must be approved by the District Administrator and Board Attorney. Approved usage must be in writing and specify the date and time of the surveillance, the method used, who will have access to include law enforcement if appropriate, and the information justifying the use of the equipment. 

Parents may enter the locker room on a limited basis, with prior approval of the coach or teacher. The parent is not permitted to interview or seek information from any student or use a recording device to record or transfer images. A "recording device" means a camera, a video recorder, a cell phone with video and/or photograph capabilities, or any other device that may be used to capture, record, or transfer images.

No images of a nude or partially nude person in the locker room may be captured, recorded, or transferred under any circumstances by any individual.

To protect the privacy of the District's students, parents, other adult residents of the community, and any public that may utilize the locker room facilities, no person may capture, record, or transfer a representation of a nude or partially nude person in a locker room, restroom, or designated changing area in the School District, or in use for District purposes.

Furthermore, the Board believes that safety is of the utmost importance. Therefore, notwithstanding the provisions of this policy, if necessary, emergency rescue personnel will be permitted into the locker room and will be given access to any tools necessary to do their job.

District officials may refer any violations of this policy to law enforcement for possible criminal prosecution of anyone who violates State law.

Revised 8/25/25
T.C. 2/9/26

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