Missing Child Act

POLICIES

TITLE: 313.00.00 Missing Child Act

At the time of initial entry to school, a pupil shall present to the principal, any records given the pupil by the public or nonpublic elementary school the pupil most recently attended; a certified copy of an order or decree, or modification of such an order or decree allocating parental rights and responsibilities for the care of a child and designating a residential parent and legal custodian of the child, and a certification of birth.

Within twenty-four hours of the entry into the school, a school official shall request the pupil's official records from the public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school the pupil most recently attended. If the public or nonpublic school the pupil claims to have most recently attended indicates that it has no record of the pupil's attendance or the records are not received within fourteen days of the date of request, or if the pupil does not present a certification of birth, a comparable certificate or certification from another state, territory, possession, or nation, or another document, the principal of the school shall notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in the area where the pupil resides of this fact and of the possibility that the pupil may be a missing child.

Author: STMEC

Approval: ________________________________ Date: __________

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References: STM Handbook

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