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3440P - Removal or Release of Student During School Hours Procedure

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3440P - Removal or Release of Student During School Hours Procedure

Procedure 3440P

STUDENTS
 

Removal of Student During School Day 

Schools must exercise a high order of responsibility for the care of students while in school.  The removal of a student during the school day may be authorized in accordance with the following procedures: 

  1. A student shall be released to the residential parent(s) or guardian(s).  When in doubt as to who has custodian rights, school enrollment records must be relied upon as the parent(s) or guardian(s) have the burden of furnishing schools with accurate, up-to-date information. 

  2. The school should always obtain authorization from the residential parent(s) or guardian(s) before releasing the student to a nonresidential parent. 

  3. Prior written authorization from the residential parent(s) or guardian(s) is required before releasing a student into someone else’s custody unless an emergency situation justifies a waiver. 

  4. Law enforcement officers, upon proper identification, may remove a student from school without a warrant, provided that the law enforcement officer signs a statement that he or she is removing the student from the school.  Residential parent(s) or guardian(s) should be contacted as soon as possible when a student is taken into custody. 

  5. Any other agencies must have a written administrative or court order directing the school district to give custody to them.  Proper identification is required before the student shall be released. 

  6. Police should be called if a visitor, seeking to remove a student, becomes disruptive or abusive. 

  7. State law requires that school personnel not remove, cause to be removed or allow to be removed a student from school grounds during school hours without the consent of the student’s parent(s) or guardian(s), unless the employee is the student’s parent or guardian, the employee is providing bus transportation, the employee is supervising an extra-curricular activity and providing transportation for the student, or the student requires transportation for emergency medical care and the parent(s) or guardian(s) cannot be contacted.  School security personnel may remove a student from school without parental authorization for disciplinary reasons, any anyone officially responding to a 911 emergency call may remove a student without prior parental authorization. 

 

 

Adoption Date:  October 14, 1997