A proposed bill in Florida would allow the state’s public school districts to place video cameras in classrooms and require teachers in the classrooms to wear microphones. House Bill 1055 (pdf), filed by Republican state Rep. Bob Rommel for the upcoming 2022 legislative session, creates a set of rules about how classroom cameras should be placed and under what circumstances the video and audio recordings should be made available for public viewing. Under the bill, each camera must be located at the front of classrooms so that it is capable of monitoring the entire classroom. School districts would be required to inform students, parents, and school employees assigned to classrooms before installing the cameras, and submit a written explanation to the school principal and the district school board in case of an interruption in the operation of the video camera. The bill would allow parents to request footage for personal …