280.25 - INFORMATION SHARING -- INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.
280.25 INFORMATION SHARING -- INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENTS.
1. The board of directors of each public school and the
authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school shall adopt
a policy and the superintendent of each public school shall adopt
rules which provide that the school district or school may share
information contained within a student's permanent record pursuant to
an interagency agreement with state and local agencies that are part
of the juvenile justice system. These agencies include, but are not
limited to, juvenile court services, the department of human
services, and local law enforcement authorities. The disclosure of
information shall be directly related to the juvenile justice
system's ability to effectively serve, prior to adjudication, the
student whose records are being released.
2. The purpose of the agreement shall be to reduce juvenile crime
by promoting cooperation and collaboration and the sharing of
appropriate information among the parties in a joint effort to
improve school safety, reduce alcohol and illegal drug use, reduce
truancy, reduce in-school and out-of-school suspensions, and to
support alternatives to in-school and out-of-school suspensions and
expulsions which provide structured and well-supervised educational
programs supplemented by coordinated and appropriate services
designed to correct behaviors that lead to truancy, suspension, and
expulsions and to support students in successfully completing their
education.
3. Information shared under the agreement shall be used solely
for determining the programs and services appropriate to the needs of
the juvenile or the juvenile's family, or coordinating the delivery
of programs and services to the juvenile or the juvenile's family.
4. Information shared by the school district or school under the
agreement is not admissible in any court proceedings which take place
prior to a disposition hearing, unless written consent is obtained
from a student's parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian.
5. Information shared by another party to the agreement with a
school district or school pursuant to an interagency agreement shall
not be used as a basis for a school disciplinary action against a
student.
6. The interagency agreement shall provide, and each signatory
agency to the agreement shall certify in the agreement, that
confidential information shared among the parties to the agreement
shall remain confidential and shall not be shared with any other
person, school, school district, or agency, unless otherwise provided
by law.
7. Juvenile court social records may be disclosed in accordance
with section 232.147, subsection 7.
8. A school or school district entering into an interagency
agreement under this section shall adopt a policy implementing the
provisions of the interagency agreement. The policy shall include,
but not be limited to, the provisions of the interagency agreement
and the procedures to be used by the school or school district to
share information from the student's permanent record with
participating agencies. The policy shall be published in the student
handbook. Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 126, §39; 2000 Acts, ch 1123, §4
Referred to in § 232.147, 235A.15