EdSource

Brittney Camacho was in disbelief after she received the call from the Visalia Police Department in Tulare County in September 2025. An officer told her something that her children could not — that they may have been the victim of physical abuse. The alleged suspect? Her children’s teacher. “I would never have assumed that was happening at the school,” she said. “I was in shock.” The allegations prompted Camacho and other Visalia Unified parents to push for cameras in special education classrooms, arguing they could protect students who may be unable to tell their parents what happens at school. Parents in Bakersfield, about 80 miles south of Visalia, mounted a similar effort. Parents’ concerns in two Central Valley school systems have raised a broader question: Should California schools be required to record classrooms serving students with significant disabilities?