COOPERATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS

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I.          Notification

The Mountain Brook Board of Education is in compliance with the Code of Alabama Section 16-1-24-.1 which requires that school principals or their designee must notify appropriate law enforcement officials when any person violates local board policies in the following areas:

·         Drugs

·         Alcohol

·         Weapons

·         Actual or threatened physical harm to a person

If the person in violation of the policy is an enrolled student, that student shall immediately be suspended from attending regular classes and a hearing shall be scheduled at the earliest possible date, which shall not be later than five school days.

Under the Code of Alabama a person may be charged with a Class C felony if he or she deliberately causes serious physical injury to a teacher or to an employee of a public educational institution during the performance of his or her duty.

II.         Periodic Unannounced Visits

In compliance with the Alabama Administrative Code 290-030-010-06, the Mountain Brook School System will permit local law enforcement agencies to make periodic, unannounced visits to its schools for the purpose of detecting the presence of illegal drugs.

Adopted:          December 11, 1995