1. PHILOSOPHY AND PURPOSE
   Weber School District prioritizes the safety of its students and administrators. Pursuant to Utah law, the District communicates with local law enforcement agencies and the juvenile courts on information regarding juvenile offenders who are students in the District, in order to provide services to the juvenile offender student as well as support any student who may have been a victim of the offense. This policy outlines the procedures for the receipt and dissemination of juvenile offender information. 
   
   
2. POLICY
   The Weber School District will strictly adhere to legal obligations regarding the sharing and handling of juvenile offender information. The District will receive notifications concerning students involved in juvenile offenses and will ensure that this information is disseminated only to those who need to know for the safety and support of all students and staff. The District is committed to confidentiality and ensuring that the information is used responsibly and securely, while also developing reintegration plans that facilitate the successful re-entry of juvenile offenders into the educational environment, where appropriate.
   
   
3. DEFINITIONS
   1. “Adjudication” means a finding by the juvenile court that the facts alleged in a delinquency petition or criminal information alleging that a minor committed an offense have been proved; an admission by a minor in the juvenile court; or a please of no contest by minor in the juvenile court; or a finding by the juvenile court that the fact alleged in the petition have been proved. For an adult student 18 years or older, means a person convicted of a crime.
   2. “Arrest” means a minor taken into temporary custody by a peace officer or other authorized person when there is reasonable cause to believe the minor has committed a delinquent act. For an adult student 18 years or older, arrest means an actual restraint of the person arrested or submission to custody.
   3. “Charge” means formal referral in the juvenile justice system from a law enforcement officer or other person that alleges a minor has committed an offense and the juvenile court take action: or for an adult student 18 years or older, the formal accusation of a public offense detailed in a filing such as an indictment or an information, or otherwise the official initiation of a criminal action. 
   4. “LEA (Local Education Agency)” Refers to the Weber School District or the responsible local education authority overseeing the educational needs and services of the student.
   5. “Serious offense” means a violent felony as defined in Utah Code Ann. §76-3-203.5, theft of a firearm, or a weapons offense.
   6. “Violent Felony” A serious criminal offense involving the use or threat of physical force or violence against another person, as outlined in Utah Code Ann. § 76-3-203.5.
   7. “Forcible Felony” means aggravated assault, mayhem, aggravated murder, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping, rape, forcible sodomy, rape of a child, object rape, object rape of a child, sexual abuse of a child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, aggravated sexual assault as defined in Utah Code §76-5, Offenses Against the Individual, and arson, robbery, and burglary as defined in Utah Code §76-6, Offense Against Property. Forcible felony includes any other felony offense that involves the use of force or violence against an individual who poses a substantial danger of death or serious bodily injury. Forcible felony does not include burglary of a vehicle, unless the vehicle is occupied at the time unlawful entry is made or attempted.
      
      
4. PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION
   1. The Director of Student Services shall be the liaison between the District and the juvenile court or law enforcement agencies responsible for sending notifications under Utah Code Ann. §80-6-103 to ensure timeliness for receiving notifications when:
      1. a minor student is taken into temporary custody for a serious offense;e;
      2. after a detention hearing for a minor student who is alleged to have committed a serious offense;
      3. upon adjudication of a minor for a serious offense; and
      4. when a juvenile court orders formal probation
   2. Notifications sent by the juvenile court or law enforcement agencies under Utah Code Ann. §80-6-103 and identified in II.A. will be received by the Director of Student Services. 
   3. Within three school days of receiving the notification, the Director of Student Services will do the following:
      1. Send the principal a copy of the notification letter from juvenile court or the law enforcement agency.
   4. Upon receipt of the information, the principal shall:
      1. If the student (offender and victim) is still enrolled in the school, only disclose the information to other persons having both a right and a current need to know for the safety of students and staff.
      2. Make a notation in a secure file other than the student's permanent file.
         
         
5. REINTEGRATION PLAN
   1. Within seven (7) school days after the District receives notification (while school is in session) from the juvenile court or a law enforcement agency that a student was arrested for, charged with, or adjudicated in the juvenile court for a serious offense, the school will convene a multidisciplinary team, described in section V.A. 1 below, to meet with the student and the student’s parent/guardian to develop a reintegration plan for the student.
   2. If the District receives a notification when school is not in session from the juvenile court or law enforcement agency that a student was arrested for, charged with, or adjudicated in the juvenile court for a serious offense, the school shall develop a reintegration plan for the student with a multidisciplinary team, the student, and the student’s parent within seven days of school being back in session from summer break.
      
      1. The multidisciplinary team will consist of the LEA, the Facilitator of Student Services, the Facilitator of Special Education if the student is on an IEP, the juvenile court, the Division of Juvenile Justice Services, the School Resource Officer (if applicable), and any other relevant party and/or designee.
      2. The reintegration plan shall consist of the following:
         1. a behavioral intervention plan for the student;
         2. a short-term mental health or counseling service for the student; and
         3. an academic intervention for the student; or
         4. any other interventions that the multidisciplinary team, the student, and the student’s parent or guardian determine are necessary.
      3. If the serious offense was directed at a school employee or another student within the school, notification for the reintegration plans to that school employee or student and that student’s parent
   3. The District may not reintegrate a student into a school where:
      1. a student or staff member has a protective order against the student being reintegrated;
      2. a student or staff member is the victim of an offense listed in Utah Code Ann. § 76-3-203.5 where the student is seeking reintegration or continued enrollment; or
      3. the student may be placed in another location after adjudicated
   4. The District may not enroll a student unless the student record from the previous school is received or the school administrator or designee reviews the data gateway for any safe-school violation, reintegration, or threat assessment.
   5. The student may be kept out of school until the completion of the reintegration plan.
   6. A reintegration plan under this policy will remain in effect for an entire school year or 180 days from the plan’s implementation, or as long as the multidisciplinary team deems the reintegration plan necessary.
   7. The District may elect to not integrate a student into a school if the student has committed, or allegedly committed, a forcible felony.
      1. If the District elects to not integrate a student, the District shall provide alternative education options for the student.

Revised and approved: 05/03/2026
Revised and approved: 06/11/2025
Approved by the board: 10/02/2024