(1)(a) Once each month, a county juvenile department shall provide to each school district in the county a list of all youth offenders enrolled in a school in the school district who are on probation by order of the juvenile court in the county. The department shall include in the list the name and business telephone number of the juvenile counselor assigned to each case.
(b) When a youth offender who is on probation transfers from one school district to a different school district, the juvenile counselor assigned to the case shall notify the superintendent of the school district to which the youth offender has transferred of the youth offender’s probation status. The juvenile counselor shall make the notification no later than 72 hours after the juvenile counselor knows of the transfer.
(2) Upon request by the school district, the juvenile department shall provide additional information, including the offense that brought the youth offender within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and such other information that is subject to disclosure under ORS 419A.255 (5).
(3) In addition to the general notification required by subsection (1) of this section, the juvenile department:
(a) Shall notify the school district of the specific offense if the act bringing the youth offender within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court involved a firearm or delivery of a controlled substance.
(b) May notify the school district of the specific offense if the act bringing the youth offender within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court involved a violation of ORS 163.355 to 163.445 or 163.465 or any other offense if the juvenile department believes the youth offender represents a risk to other students or school staff.
(4) When a school district receives notice under this section, the school district may disclose the information only to those school employees the district determines need the information in order to safeguard the safety and security of the school, students and staff. A person to whom personally identifiable information is disclosed under this subsection may not disclose the information to another person except to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 192.490, a juvenile department, school district or anyone employed or acting on behalf of a juvenile department or school district who sends or receives records under this section is not liable civilly or criminally for failing to disclose the information under this section. [1997 c.765 §2; 1999 c.620 §9; 1999 c.963 §1a; 2005 c.517 §3]
Note: 419A.015 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 419A by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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