Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB791: AN ACT relating to special education classrooms.
Status: In committee, March 9, 2026
Create a new section of KRS 157.200 to 157.290 to define terms; require a school district to install and maintain a video and audio surveillance system in every self-contained special education classroom; require a public school to notify a parent of each child in the classroom of the system and the parent's rights within 5 days; permit parents of recorded students access to system footage; require reasonable redaction and segregation to protect student privacy; designate a retention schedule for system footage; require school districts to notify the parents of each student present for an injury in a self-contained special education classroom; amend KRS 157.200 to define "parent" and amend the definition of "special education."
What the bill says
An act relating to special education classrooms.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to special education classrooms. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS 157.200 TO 157.290 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section: (a) "Injury" means physical harm inflicted by another person on a student, teacher, staff member, or other individual; (b) "Self-contained special education classroom": 1. Means a public school classroom for students in preschool through grade twelve (12) in which at least half of the students in regular attendance are provided special education services; and 2. Includes a calm-down room, sensory room, common area, or room attached to a classroom where special education services are provided; and (c) "Surveillance system" means a video and audio surveillance system that continuously monitors a self-contained special education classroom while students and teachers are present. (2) A public school district shall: (a) Install, maintain, and regularly monitor a surveillance system in every selfcontained special education classroom in the district that records all areas of each classroom, except that a bathroom or any area in a classroom in which a student's clothes are changed shall not be monitored; (b) Within the first five (5) days of a student's assignment to a self-contained special education classroom, provide the following to the parent of the student: 1. …
Sponsors
- Aaron Thompson (R, HD-098) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Technology, Public Protection, Teachers, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Children And Minors, Parental Rights, Disabilities
Common questions
- What is HB791?
- HB791 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to special education classrooms.
- What does HB791 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to special education classrooms.
- What is the status of HB791?
- In committee as of March 9, 2026. Latest action: to Primary and Secondary Education (H) (March 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB791?
- Aaron Thompson (R, HD-098).
- Where is the official record for HB791?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb791.html
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