532 Policy: Use of Peace Officers and Crisis Teams to Remove Students from School Grounds

I.    Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to describe the appropriate use of peace officers and crisis teams to remove, a student from school grounds.

II.    General Statement of Policy

A.    The school district is committed to promoting learning environments that are safe for all members of the school community.  It further believes that students are the first priority and that they should be reasonably protected from physical or emotional harm at all school locations and during all school activities.

B.    All students are subject to the terms of the school district’s discipline policy.  Building level administrators are responsible to maintain a safe, secure, and orderly educational environment within which learning can occur.  Corrective action to discipline a student and/or modify a student’s behavior will be taken by staff when a student’s behavior violates the school district’s discipline policy.

C.    If a student engages in conduct which, in the judgment of school personnel, endangers or may endanger the health, safety, or property of the student, other students, staff members, or school property school district personnel may call 911, or peace officers and that student may be removed from school grounds in accordance with this policy and associated procedures.

D.    School Resource or peace officers may not be used to perform educational interventions, including regulated procedures, either on an emergency basis or in accordance with an IEP. Law enforcement officers shall not be involved in an educational decision to remove a student from school as a disciplinary response.

Legal References
20 U.S.C. 1415(k)(9) (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA))
34 C.F.R. 300.529 (IDEA Regulation Regarding Involvement of Law Enforcement)
20 U.S.C. 1232g et seq. (Family Educational Rights and Privacy (FERPA))
M.S. 13.01, et seq. (Minnesota Government Data Practices Act)
M.S. 121A.40-121A.56 (Minnesota Pupil Fair Dismissal Act)
M.S. 121A.582 (Student Discipline; Reasonable Force)
M.S. 121A.61 (Discipline and Removal of Students from Class)
M.S. 121A.67 (Aversive and Deprivation Procedures)
M.S. 125A.094-.0924 (Restrictive Procedures for Children with Disabilities)
M.S. 245.487-.4889 (Children’s Mental Health Act)
M.S. 609.06 (Authorized Use of Force)
M.S. 609.379 (Permitted Actions)

Cross References
Policy 506 - Student Discipline
Policy 507 - Corporal Punishment
Policy 515 - Protection and Privacy of Education Records
Policy 543 - The Use of Regulated Conditional Procedures as Behavioral Interventions with Special Education Students