top of page
Kerens ISD 175907 GRAA LEGAL - STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

http://pol.tasb.org/Policy/Download/934?filename=GRAA(LEGAL).pdf

A principal or designee shall notify local law enforcement if the principal has reasonable grounds to believe that any of the following activities occurred in school, on school property, or at a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off school property, without regard to whether the activity is investigated by school security officers: 1. Conduct that may constitute an offense listed in Government Code 508.149; deadly conduct, as described by Penal Code 22.05; or a terroristic threat, as described by Penal Code 22.07. [See GRAA(EXHIBIT)]

 

Page 3

Code of Criminal Procedure 15.27(k)

If a law enforcement agency arrests a person or refers a child to the juvenile board for an offense specified at REPORTABLE OFFENSES, and the agency believes the person is enrolled as a student in a public school, the head of the agency or designee shall orally notify the superintendent or designee in the district in which the student is enrolled, or believed to be enrolled, of the arrest or referral. The notice shall be provided within 24 hours after the arrest or referral is made or before the next school day, whichever is earlier.

 

Page 3

FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO DISTRICT

Code of Criminal Procedure 15.27(a) If the superintendent of a district in which a student is enrolled learns of a failure of the head of a law enforcement agency or designee to provide a notice under Code of Criminal Procedure 15.27(a), the Superintendent or principal shall report the failure to the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. Code of procedure 15.27(m) The Superintendent or designee shall immediately notify all instructional and support personnel who have responsibility for supervision of a student who has been arrested or taken into custody. All personnel shall keep the information received confidentially.

 

FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES

The Superintendent or designee shall send to an employee having direct supervisory responsibility for the student the information in the confidential notice provided by the law enforcement agency. If the Board learns of a failure by the Superintendent or a principal to provide a notice required under Code of Criminal Procedure 15.27(a) or (a-1), the Board shall report the failure to the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC).

 

http://pol.tasb.org/Policy/Download/934?filename=GRAA( XHIBIT).pdf

Education Code 37.015 requires principals to make reports to local law enforcement authorities of certain classes of offenses,

bottom of page