Policy Group
3000 Students
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: