Under Senate Bill 57, school boards that want to use audio recordings on school buses or school vehicles for disciplinary or security purposes have to adopt a policy that authorizes their use. School boards also have to send parents written notices at the beginning of each school year about audio bus recordings and post warning placards on buses about audiotaping. This portion of the bill takes effect immediately.
incorrect thread title, he never actually got charged
also this is some bullshit
So I still can't find anything on one student recording another in school, but did find that Pennsylvania this year decided to allow audio recording students on buses:
So clearly the kid should have angled to get bullied on the bus, at which point it all would have been recorded for him.
I'd actually really like to know where the Supreme Court stands on one student using a school-approved device to record another student.
"The law does not cover oral communications when the speakers do not have an "expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation." See 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5702 (link is to the entire code, choose Title 18, Part II, Article F, Chapter 57, Subchapter A, and then the specific provision). Therefore, you may be able to record in-person conversations occurring in a public place without consent. However, you should always get the consent of all parties before recording any conversation that common sense tells you is private."
American privacy laws can get so wacky. As far as I know, in Canada it's legal to record anything as long as at least one member of the conversation knows it's occurring, which is a fine solution for people recording themselves getting fucking bullied or harassed.
Shamalamadingdong ending.......This is the school I pay taxes for and my alma mater
Detonate the school with the staff, police, and judge inside please.
This.Two wrongs don't make a right.
am I reading this correctly?
They place kids with behavioral problems in the same class as special needs kids? Is that a common practice in US schools?
The whole situation is unbelievable. Shame on the Principal, AP, and Judge. It's got to be a horrible feeling for the mom to feel like she's fighting against the whole system regarding a situation where her child should be considered the victim in this.
Next time turn the camera on, then it's no longer an audio recording and it's kosher.
May not actually be true.
because he made a recording in a place with an expectation of privacy
Expectation of privacy in a public school? Yeah, no. That's fucking bullshit.
I just literally don't know how, as adults, your first instinct wouldn't be to punish the kids who are bullies and have a talk with the teacher who lets it happen. But instead call the police.
Expectation of privacy in a public school? Yeah, no. That's fucking bullshit.
I just literally don't know how, as adults, your first instinct wouldn't be to punish the kids who are bullies and have a talk with the teacher who lets it happen. But instead call the police.
Looks like the principal just deleted his twitter account.
Kurta said, After I left the school, I wasnt sure what charge to file so I contacted the district attorneys office. This would fall under a wiretapping violation, which is a felony. He later answered as to why he thought the disorderly conduct charge applied to this case by saying, Because his (the students) actions he engaged in actions which served no legitimate purpose. He then read the statute as, Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by acts which serve no legitimate purpose.
You guys and your violent fantasies. *sigh*This is why I always say when shit starts up in regards to bullying a kid should take drastic steps. The kid has to be cunning in this situation and seriously hurt one of the bullies. Doesn't matter how he does it he just has to do it. Otherwise they won't stop.
What a shitty thing. How is their first thought "Let's get this kid for wire tapping!! That will show him not to be bullied in our school!"
Disgusting. I hope they are all fired.
Thats fucked up.Detonate the school with the staff, police, and judge inside please.