HB452 Summary

• Allows juvenile probation officers to share information and records (excluding mental health and medical records) with school personnel when disclosure promotes safety or enhances education and rehabilitation services for a specific child.

• Requires all shared information to remain confidential and limited to school employees directly supervising or reporting on the child's behavior or progress.

• Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for juvenile probation officers, superintendents, principals, and designees who share or receive information in good faith compliance with the law.

• Removes the requirement that possession of a deadly weapon on public school premises include intent to cause bodily harm, making it a Class C felony to knowingly carry or possess any deadly weapon on school grounds.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.