Regulatory winds are blowing from both directions in Colorado, where a moratorium on AI facial recognition cameras in schools is set to expire, while a new law coming into effect directly regulates the use of biometric technologies in the Centennial State.
The debate over facial recognition cameras in the state’s classrooms has been on legislative hold since 2022, when state legislators voted to create a body to investigate how biometric systems are used in Colorado, and embedded in their bill a moratorium on public and charter schools from enacting new contracts. That hold is set to expire in July 2025, prompting anticipation of a surge in new facial recognition and AI surveillance deployments.
Complicating the matter, schools that were already using AI facial recognition before the moratorium have been allowed to continue using it. According to Daily Camera, nearly 400 cameras with AI capability are distributed across the Cheyenne Mountain School District in Colorado Springs. Community colleges are also adopting the technology.
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The debate over facial recognition cameras in the state’s classrooms has been on legislative hold since 2022, when state legislators voted to create a body to investigate how biometric systems are used in Colorado, and embedded in their bill a moratorium on public and charter schools from enacting new contracts. That hold is set to expire in July 2025, prompting anticipation of a surge in new facial recognition and AI surveillance deployments.
Complicating the matter, schools that were already using AI facial recognition before the moratorium have been allowed to continue using it. According to Daily Camera, nearly 400 cameras with AI capability are distributed across the Cheyenne Mountain School District in Colorado Springs. Community colleges are also adopting the technology.
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Rights groups including the state’s ACLU chapter note that some research casts doubt on whether AI surveillance actually keeps schools safer.
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