71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 2481
 
                         House Bill 2598
 
Sponsored by Representative BACKLUND
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Combines duplicate statutes relating to threats made against
students and school employees.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to education; amending ORS 339.327; and repealing ORS
  339.325.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 339.327 is amended to read:
  339.327. (1) A superintendent of a school district  { + or a
superintendent's designee + } who has reasonable cause to believe
that a { +  student + }   { - person - } , while in a school, is
or has been   { - in possession of a weapon while also being - }
in possession of a list that threatens harm to other persons,
shall notify:
  (a) The parent or guardian of any student whose name appears on
the list as a target of the harm; and
  (b) Any teacher or school employee whose name appears on the
list as a target of the harm.
   { +  (2) A superintendent or superintendent's designee who has
reasonable cause to believe that a student, while in a school,
has made threats of violence or harm to another student, shall
notify the parent or guardian of the threatened student. + }
    { - (2) - }  { +  (3) + } The superintendent shall attempt to
notify the persons specified in   { - subsection - }  { +
subsections + } (1)  { + or (2) + } of this section by telephone
or in person promptly but not later than 12 hours after
discovering the list or learning of the threat. The
superintendent shall follow up the notice with a written
notification sent within 24 hours after discovering the list or
learning of the threat.
    { - (3) - }  { +  (4) + }   { - Anyone - }   { + Any school
district, school district board or public school official + }
participating in good faith in making the notification required
by this section is immune from any liability, civil or criminal,
that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the
making or content of the notification.
    { - (4) - }  { +  (5) + } As used in this section, 'school'
has the meaning given that term in ORS 339.315.
  SECTION 2.  { + ORS 339.325 is repealed. + }
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