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Utah Code Title 53G. Public Education System--Local Administration § 53G-8-510. Notification of an offense committed by a minor on school grounds--Immunity from civil and criminal liability

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Minor” means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.

(b) “School employee” means an individual working in the individual's capacity as:

(i) a school teacher;

(ii) a school staff member;

(iii) a school administrator; or

(iv) an individual:

(A) who is employed, directly or indirectly, by a school, an LEA governing board, or a school district; and

(B) who works on a school campus.

(c) “School is in session” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-3-516.

(d) “School-sponsored activity” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-3-516.

(2) If a minor commits an offense on school grounds when school is in session or at a school-sponsored activity and that information is reported to, or known by, a school employee, the school employee shall notify the principal.

(3) After receiving a notification under Subsection (2), the principal shall notify:

(a) a law enforcement officer or agency if the principal may refer the offense to a law enforcement officer or agency as described in Section 53G-8-211; and

(b) school or district personnel if the principal determines that school or district personnel should be informed.

(4) A person who in good faith reports information under Subsection (2) or (3) and any person who receives the information is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise result from the reporting or receipt of the information.

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