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  NUMBER: 225
  SECTION: Students
  TITLE: Students and the Police
  ADOPTED: August 5, 1997
  REVISED:  

 

 

225. Students and the Police

1.Purpose

The Board recognizes that compulsory attendance laws require the Board to be responsible for the care of the public school students of the district while they are present in the schools.

2.Delegation
of Responsibility

When police request permission to interrogate a student at school, the principal shall inform the Superintendent and attempt to inform the student's parents. Whenever the Superintendent or his/her designee has determined that the police have a legitimate
purpose in interrogating a student within the confines of a school building, the principal or his/her representative shall be present throughout the proceedings.
When the police request permission to arrest a student at school, the principal will inform the Superintendent, attempt to inform the student's parents, and examine the arrest warrant.

No student shall be released to police authorities without proper warrant, appropriate evidence or written parental permission, except in the event of emergency or for the protection of life or property, as may be determined by the principal, after consultation with the Superintendent or his/her designee.