Student/Parent Handbook - Ysleta Independent School District

LAW ENFORCEMENTYISD Security Dispatch (915) 434-0195. For help or assistance please call central dispatch.YISD Crime Stoppers Tip Line (915) 434-0111. Report crime, get a reward! 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECTUnder Texas law, any person who has cause to believe that a child’s physical or mental health or welfare has beenadversely affected by abuse or neglect by any person must report it to the Texas Department of Protective andRegulatory Services (CPS) and/or to local law enforcement within 48 hours. Investigation of an incidence of childabuse/neglect is the responsibility of the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services and/or the El PasoPolice Department. Reports of child abuse or neglect are confidential. Family Code 261.101(a)CONDUCT ON SCHOOL PREMISES (Texas Education Code, Chapter 37)Parents and visitors must register at the school office when attending a meeting or conducting official business. Consentof the principal (or his/her designee) or the teacher is required before any person enters a classroom. It is amisdemeanor to disrupt classes or school activities through acts of misconduct or the use of loud or profane language.TEC 37.124. No person or group of persons acting in concert may willfully engage in disruptive activity or disrupt a lawfulassembly on the campus or property of any school in YISD. TEC 37.123. No person shall be permitted, on schoolproperty or on public property within 500 feet of school property, to willfully disrupt, alone or in concert with others, theconduct of classes or other school activities. Any person loitering on school property after being advised to leave by theperson in charge shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine, as established by law.TEC 37.105, TEC 37.107DISRUPTING TRANSPORTATIONA person commits an offense (Class C Misdemeanor) if the person intentionally disrupts, prevents, or interferes with thelawful transportation of children to or from school or an activity sponsored by a school on a vehicle owned or operated bya county or independent school district. TEC 37.126.SEARCHESThe district respects students' rights to privacy and security against arbitrary invasion of the person or their property. Theright to search students on campus is exercised when it is necessary to ensure the welfare of students at the school.Searches by district personnel will occur only when there is individualized suspicion. In order to maintain a safe anddrug-free environment, the district reserves the right to conduct unannounced random searches for prohibitedsubstances or articles by using trained canines provided by the district’s designated contractor. Searches occurring atthe campus by law enforcement authorities are governed by the Fourth Amendment standards applicable in the criminallaw context. Under Policy FNF (LEGAL), the district may conduct searches of personal communication devices.PHYSICAL RESTRAINTAny YISD employee may apply physical restraint to a student when the employee reasonably believes that it is necessaryto protect himself/herself, another person, to obtain possession of a weapon, to protect property from damage, and/or toremove a student from a classroom or other location in order to restore order.STUDENTS TAKEN INTO CUSTODYState law requires the district to permit a student to be taken into legal custody: To comply with an order of the juvenile court. To comply with the laws of arrest. By a law enforcement officer if there is probable cause to believe the student has engaged in delinquentconduct or conduct in need of supervision. By a probation officer if there is probable cause to believe the student has violated a condition of probationimposed by the juvenile court. By an authorized representative of Child Protective Services, Texas Department of Family and ProtectiveServices, a law enforcement officer, or a juvenile probation officer, without a court order, under the conditionsset out in the Family Code relating to the student’s physical health or safety. To comply with a properly issued directive to take a student into custody.Before a student is released to a law enforcement officer or other legally authorized person, the principal will verifythe officer’s identity and, to the best of his or her ability, will verify the official’s authority to take custody of thestudent. The principal will immediately notify the Superintendent and will ordinarily attempt to notify the parentunless the officer or other authorized person raises what the principal considers to be a valid objection to notifyingthe parents. Because the principal does not have the authority to prevent or delay a student’s release to a lawenforcement officer, any notification will most likely be after the fact.60