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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 20, 2022 10:59 AM |
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| From: | Representative Stephen Kinsey and Rep. Patty Kim |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Parental Notification of Students Involved in School Incidents |
| Currently, schools are not required to notify parents when their children are involved in incidents on school property, such as incurring serious injuries, as well as being the victim or the perpetrator of an injury. This leaves parents unaware of their children’s safety while they are away from them for nearly eight hours a day. Parents entrust their children into the care of the school officials, and they have the right to be made aware of their children’s well-being. Therefore, school entities should be held responsible in notifying parents when their children are involved in an incident at school. To rectify this issue, we plan to introduce legislation that would require all school districts to adopt policies and procedures for timely notification to parents, guardians, or custodial parents of students involved in incidents that occur on school property. Furthermore, schools would be required to provide notice when students sustain serious injuries or students inflict serious injuries on another student while on school property, on the school bus, or at a school activity. This legislation will give students an added layer of safety and accountability while in school by ensuring that their parents are informed of any incidents that occur in school that involve them. It is essential that we keep students safe and ensure that parents are notified of their children’s involvement in school incidents. I hope you will join us in supporting this important legislation. |
Introduced as HB649