The School District recognizes the danger sex offenders pose to student safety. Therefore, to protect students while they travel to and from school, attend school or at school-related activities, the District is implementing this policy.
Convicted Sex Offender
State law prohibits a person who is currently registered or is required to register under the sex offender registration act to:
- Be on or remain on the premises of a school building or school grounds when the person believes children under the age of eighteen (18) years are present and are involved in a school activity or when children are present within thirty (30) minutes before or after a school activity.
- Loiter on a public way within five hundred (500) feet of the property line of school grounds or a school building when children under the age of eighteen (18) years are present.
- Be in any vehicle owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport students to or from school or school-related activities when children under the age of eighteen (18) years are present in the vehicle.
- Reside within five hundred (500) feet of a school, measured from the nearest point of the exterior wall of the offenders’ dwelling unit to the school’s property line, unless the person’s residence was established prior to July 1, 2006.
The policy posted notices required in this section shall be at least one hundred (100) square inches, make reference to I.C. § 18-8329, include the term “registered sex offender” and be placed at commonly used entrances to the property.
Posted Notice:
“Pursuant to I.C. § 18-8329, registered sex offenders only have limited rights to enter upon or be near school property.
Provided, however, section numbers 1 and 2 immediately above shall not apply when the person:
- Is a student in attendance at the school; or
- Is attending an academic conference with school officials as a parent or legal guardian of a child who is enrolled in the school and is participating in the conference and has received prior written approval from the administration; or
- Is attending a scheduled extracurricular school event with school officials as a parent or legal guardian of a child who is participating in the school event and has received prior written approval from the administration; or
- Is picking up a child or children or dropping off a child or children and the person is the child or children’s parent or legal guardian;
- Is temporarily on school grounds, during school hours, for the purposes of making a delivery involving mail, food or other necessary delivery;
- Is exercising his or her right to vote in public elections;
- Has written permission from a school principal, vice-principal, or the equivalent, to be on the school grounds or upon other property posted with a notice that the property is used by a school.
Legal Reference:
I.C. § 18-8323 Public Access to Sexual Offender Registry Information
I.C. § 18-8324 Dissemination of Registry Information
I.C. § 18-8326 Penalties for Vigilantism or Other Misuse of Information
I.C. § 18-916 Abuse of School Teachers
I.C. § 33-512(11) Governance of Schools
Policy History:
Adopted on: November 13, 2012
Revised on: