school bus or at a school activity.
(b) Parents, guardians or custodial parents of students
include, for purposes of this section, parents, guardians or
custodial parents of students that are either perpetrators or
victims of incidents which:
(1) Are required to be reported in the school safety report
submitted to the Department of Education.
(2) Result in any other injuries occurring on school
property, the school bus or at a school activity.
(c) Parents, guardians or custodial parents may be notified
in person, by telephone, by email, by text message or by
certified mail. School entities shall make a reasonable effort
to notify a parent, guardian or custodial parent in the
preferred manner indicated on the contact information of the
parent, guardian or custodial parent. The preferred method of
notification must be documented. In the event of a school or
districtwide emergency, the school entity may use alternative
methods to notify parents, guardians or custodial parents.
(d) A school entity must maintain current contact
information for each parent, guardian or custodial parent. The
contact information must allow parents, guardians and custodial
parents to identify a preferred method of contact in the event
that parental notification is required.
(e) Each school entity shall provide training regarding the
requirements of this section to all staff who come into contact
with children. The training shall include recognizing incidents
that trigger the notification requirement, the school entity's
policy and procedure for notification and the record-keeping and
reporting requirements. Training required under this section may
be incorporated with other training and in-service activities of
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