Jerome Joint School District No. 261

STUDENTS 3365

Student Sex Offenders

Definition

A Student Sex Offender is defined as a student who has been adjudicated delinquent or convicted of and placed on probation for a dangerous offense such as sexual conduct with a minor, sexual assault, molestation of a child, or

continued sexual abuse of a child.

Notification to School District

The superintendent of public instruction is required by state law to notify a school district or private school

regarding the enrollment of a registered juvenile sex offender. The superintendent is also required to notify the

district or school of the offender’s probationary status or treatment status, if known. The Superintendent of the

district or his designee shall make contact with the State Department of Education in order to receive regular

updates of this information.

Educational Placement

The Superintendent of the district or his designee shall determine the appropriate educational placement for

student sex offenders except those identified as having a disability. When determining educational placement, the

Superintendent or his/her designee shall consider such factors as the safety and health of the student population,

The Superintendent or designee shall develop guidelines for managing each student sexual offender in district

schools. If the Superintendent or designee determines that, in the best interest of the district schools, the student

sexual offender should be placed in an alternative educational setting, the district shall pay for the costs associated

with this placement.

Convicted juvenile sex offenders shall not attend a school attended by their victims or a victim’s sibling(s). The

offender and his/her parent/guardian shall be responsible for providing transportation or covering other costs

related to the offender’s attendance at another school.

An IEP team shall determine the educational placement of a student sexual offender with a disability. The student

with a disability is entitled to all the due process procedures available to a student with a disability under the

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The IEP team shall develop procedures for managing each student

sexual offender with a disability attends a district school. If the IEP team determines that the student sexual

offender should be placed in an alternative educational setting, the district shall for the costs associated with this

placement.

Staff

Staff members are to be alert to and inform school officials of any behavior by a juvenile offender that creates an

abnormal risk to members of the school community. However, each circumstance involving a student

probationary juvenile offender attending a district school shall be evaluated on a case by case basis. Whenever

possible, without placing other student or adult members of the school community as risk, reasonable efforts

should be made to continue the student’s education, to provide supportive service, and to avoid any acts of

harassment or vigilantism against the student. Although federal and state laws and rules permit the release of

information concerning a student registered sex offender, discretion should be exercised when discussing or

disseminating information about the student. Whenever possible, the school community should encourage and

support timely and appropriate intervention toward the expected outcome that a juvenile offender’s conduct will

be rectified so the student will commit no further offense and will develop into a responsible, self‐controlled adult.

Legal Reference: IC§18‐8402 Findings

IC § 18‐8408 Providing List to Superintendent of Public Instruction

IC §330205 Denial of School Attendance

Procedure History

Adopted on: August 23, 2011

Revised on: