Policy 2160 – Interviews, Interrogations and Removal From School

(Adopted – January 1998)

Interview or Interrogation

The School District has legal jurisdiction over students during the school day and hours of approved extracurricular activities. The school administration is responsible for making an effort to protect each student’s rights with respect to interrogations by law enforcement officials. When law enforcement officials find it necessary to question students during the school day or periods of extracurricular activities, the school principal or designee will be present and the interview will be conducted in private.

The principal will verify and record the identity of the officer or other authority and request an explanation of the need to question or interview the student at school. The principal ordinarily will make reasonable efforts to notify the student’s parents/guardians.

Removal of Students From School

Before a student at school is arrested or taken into custody by a law enforcement or other legally authorized person, the principal will verify the official’s authority to take custody of the student. The school principal will attempt to notify the student’s parent/guardian that the student is being removed from school.