SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 957
89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WESTFALL.
Read 1st time February 25, 1998, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
S4005.01I
AN ACT
To amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to juvenile records.
Section A. Chapter 167, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 167.122, to read as follows:
167.122. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 211, RSMo, or chapter 610, RSMo, to the contrary, the juvenile officer or an employee of the division of family services shall notify the superintendent of the school district in which the child is enrolled, or the superintendent's designee, upon request by the superintendent or designee regarding such child, when a case is active regarding the child.
2. The notification shall be made orally or in writing, in a timely manner, no later than five days following the request by the superintendent or designee. If the report is made orally, written notice shall follow in a timely manner. The notification shall include a complete description of the case involving the pupil, the conduct the child is alleged to have committed, if any, and the dates the conduct occurred but shall not include the name of any victim other than the child.
3. The superintendent or the designee of the superintendent shall report such information to teachers and other school district employees with a need to know while acting within the scope of their assigned duties. Any information received by school district officials pursuant to this section shall be received in confidence and used for the limited purposes of assuring that good order and discipline is maintained in the school, or for intervention and counseling purposes for the benefit of the child. The information shall not be part of the child's permanent record. The information shall not be used as the sole basis for not providing educational services to a pupil.