Policy DDC Reporting Substantial Threats Against a School
Policy DDC Reporting Substantial Threats Against a School (PDF)
Issue Date: October 23, 2024
Reporting of Substantial Threats Against a School
A “substantial threat” is a threat made with serious intent to cause harm. Whenever any adult employee or volunteer of the District either (1) has reason to believe a substantial threat against a school, school employee, or student attending a school or (2) is aware of circumstances that would reasonably result in a substantial threat against a school, school employee, or student attending a school, the employee or volunteer shall immediately report the suspected substantial threat to one of the following: the state security chief, the local education agency that the threat would impact, or the nearest peace officer or law enforcement agency.
If the District or any District representative receives a report of a substantial threat affecting a District student, employee, or school, the District shall immediately inform the appropriate local law enforcement agency and the state security chief. The District and District staff shall cooperate with the law enforcement agency’s investigation of the report of a substantial threat.