District Notification of Juvenile Offenders
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A court will notify the common school in which a student is enrolled if the student has been convicted, adjudicated, or entered into a diversion agreement for any of the following offenses: a violent offense, inhaling toxic fumes, a drug offense, liquor offense, assault, kidnapping, harassment, stalking or arson. The principal must inform any teacher of the student and any other personnel who should be aware of the information. The information may not be further disseminated.

A student convicted, adjudicated, or entering into a diversion agreement for an assault, kidnapping, harassment, stalking, or arson against a teacher shall not be assigned to that teacher’s classroom during the duration of the student’s attendance at that school or any school to which the teacher is assigned. Neither shall the student be assigned to a classroom where another student, who was his or her victim for the offense, is enrolled.

The State Department of Social and Health Services will notify the Board of Directors in writing at least thirty days before a juvenile convicted of a violent offense, a sex offense or stalking is discharged, paroled, given authorized leave or otherwise released to reside in the district. The department will also notify the district if any adjudicated victims of a juvenile sex offender are registered with the department and on record as attending a school within the district that the juvenile sex offender might otherwise attend.

Convicted juvenile sex offenders shall not attend a school attended by their adjudicated victims or a victim’s sibling. The offender and his or her parent or guardian shall be responsible for providing transportation or covering other costs related to the offender’s attendance at another school.

Legal References:

RCW 13.04.155  Notification to school Principal of conviction, adjudication, or diversion agreement- provision of information to teachers and other personnel- Confidentiality

RCW 13.40.215  Juveniles found to have Committed violent or Sex offense or stalking—Notification of discharge, parole, leave Release, transfer, or escape-To who given-Definitions

RCW 28A.600.460  Classroom discipline-Policies-classroom Placement of student Offenders-data on disciplinary actions

Adoption Date: 09/13/99