Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows an LEA or public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter school to continuously monitor students, teachers, and staff in the classroom while special education or related services are being provided. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.

SB 2485 allows Tennessee public school districts and charter schools to install video monitoring systems in special education classrooms to enhance safety during instruction. It requires written parental consent from a majority of parents before monitoring students, teachers, and staff continuously while special education services are provided. The bill restricts access to recorded footage to parents (under FERPA privacy rules) or teachers documenting assaults, and mandates schools to create policies for footage retention. This applies only to self-contained special education classrooms where students receive specialized instruction for at least half their school day.