Three choices a district can offer families for how their children appear in school videos.
- Featured — the default. The child can be filmed, interviewed, and identified by first name.
- Background — the child appears in the room with the class, but is never interviewed, never named, and never the focus of a shot.What the law says
- Off Camera — the child is not filmed at all. For families with a safety reason.
The documents
Free. Have your board attorney review them before adopting. Not legal advice.
- Board policy language (Word) — the paragraphs the school board adopts. Defines the three options.
- Memo for the board attorney (Word) — the legal basis for the policy, written for the attorney's review.
- Notice to families (Word) — goes in the annual back-to-school packet. Explains the three options.
- Letter to parents (Word) — the same explanation in letter form.
- Family choice form (Word) — the form parents return, marking one of the three options.
- All five documents in one PDF (16 pages)
How Brevidee runs it
The list of Background and Off Camera students is in the editing system. Producers see it before filming. Every video is checked against it before publishing.
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Research and model documents prepared by Brevidee LLC, November 2026. Not legal advice.