HB 2823-S2 - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)

Creates the students protecting students program, within the office of the superintendent of public instruction, to provide students and the community with the means to relay information anonymously concerning unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or the threat of these activities, to school officials or, if necessary, to appropriate law enforcement or public safety agencies.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to contract with an organization or call center to provide the program.

Requires the organization or call center to have the ability to receive anonymous reporting from students and the community twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, and the ability to promptly forward the information as required.

Requires at least one age-appropriate educational program, class, or activity designed to teach students about the students protecting students program to be made available, every school year, to students in each common school.

Exempts the following from public inspection and copying under the public records act: Personally identifiable information received, made, or kept by, or received from, the students protecting students program.