167.122. Placed pupils, notification of district, distribution of information. - Missouri Statutes

Placed pupils, notification of district, distribution of information.

167.122. 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of chapter 211, RSMo, orchapter 610, RSMo, to the contrary the juvenile officer or an employee ofthe division of family services shall notify the school district that achild under judicial custody pursuant to subsection 3 of section 211.031,RSMo, is being enrolled in that district or that a child already enrolledhas been taken into judicial custody.

2. The notification shall be given to the superintendent of schoolsor a designee, either orally or in writing, at the time of enrollment or nolater than five days following the court taking custody of the child undersubsection 3 of section 211.031, RSMo. If the report is made orally,written notice shall follow in a timely manner. The notification shalldescribe any conduct that involved physical force with the intent to doserious bodily harm to another person but shall not include the name of anyvictim other than the child.

3. The superintendent or a designee is authorized to share thisinformation with teachers and other school district employees with a needto know while acting within the scope of their assigned duties pursuant tosubsection 2 of section 160.261, RSMo. Any information received by schooldistrict officials pursuant to this section shall be received in confidenceand used for the limited purposes of assuring that good order anddiscipline is maintained in the school, or for intervention and counselingpurposes for the benefit of the child. The information shall not be partof the child's permanent record. The information shall not be used as thesole basis for denying educational services to a pupil.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1683)