UTAH CODE (Last Updated: January 16, 2015) |
Title 53A. State System of Public Education |
Chapter 11a. Bullying and Hazing |
Part 2. Prohibitions |
§ 53A-11a-203. Parental notification of certain incidents and threats required.
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(1) For purposes of this section, "parent" includes a student's guardian. (3) (a) If a school notifies a parent of an incident or threat required to be reported under Subsection (2), the school shall produce and maintain a record that verifies that the parent was notified of the incident or threat. (b) A school may not: (i) disclose a record described in Subsection (3)(a), including any information obtained to prepare the record, to a person other than a person authorized to receive the record described in Subsection (3)(c); or (ii) use a record described in Subsection (3)(a), including any information obtained to prepare the record, for the school's own purposes, including the following purposes: (A) for a report or study; (B) for a statistical analysis; or (C) to conduct research. (c) A school may disclose a record described in Subsection (3)(a), including any information obtained to prepare the record: (i) to the parent or the parent's student; or (ii) to a person if required to disclose the record or information to a person pursuant to the terms of a court order as described in Subsection 63G-2-202(7). (4) A school board shall adopt a policy regarding the process for: (a) notifying a parent as required in Subsection (2); and (b) producing and retaining a record that verifies that a parent was notified of an incident or threat as required in Subsection (3). (5) At the request of a parent, a school may provide information and make recommendations related to an incident or threat described in Subsection (2).
Enacted by Chapter 335, 2013 General Session