Does Kari Lake want to put body cameras on Arizona teachers?
Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake does not want to put body cameras on Arizona teachers themselves. However, she does advocate installing cameras in public school classrooms to monitor teachers' behavior.
In recent years, the Republican Party has come out against the teaching of certain topics associated with Critical Race Theory and Women's and Gender Studies. In July, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill—blocked by the Arizona Supreme Court—that prohibits employees from receiving training "that presents any form of blame or judgment on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex." Lake's motivation for installing video surveillance is to hold teachers accountable for giving lessons on such topics.
Lake has compared the proposal to putting body cameras on police in Arizona.
Currently, five states allow cameras in special education classrooms, according to Baltimore ABC affiliate WMAR.