Section 604 – Parental notification of certain incidents and threats required.

• (1) A school shall:
  • (a) notify a parent if the parent’s student threatens to commit suicide; or
  • (b) notify the parents of each student involved in an incident of bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct, or retaliation of the incident involving each parent’s student.

• (2)
  • (a) If a school notifies a parent of an incident or threat required to be reported under Subsection (1), the school shall produce and maintain a record that verifies that the parent was notified of the incident or threat.
  • (b) A school shall maintain a record described in Subsection (2)(a) in accordance with the requirements of:
    • (i)Title 53E, Chapter 9, Part 2, Student Privacy;
    • (ii)Title 53E, Chapter 9, Part 3, Student Data Protection;
    • (iii) the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g; and
    • (iv) 34 C.F.R. Part 99.

• (3) A local school board or charter school governing board shall adopt a policy regarding the process for:
  • (a) notifying a parent as required in Subsection (1); and
  • (b) producing and retaining a record that verifies that a parent was notified of an incident or threat as required in Subsection (2).

• (4) At the request of a parent, a school may provide information and make recommendations related to an incident or threat described in Subsection (1).

• (5) A school shall:
  • (a) provide a student a copy of a record maintained in accordance with this section that relates to the student if the student requests a copy of the record; and
  • (b) expunge a record maintained in accordance with this section that relates to a student if the student:
    • (i) has graduated from high school; and
    • (ii) requests the record be expunged.

Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session