§ 24-31-602 — Legislative declaration

(1) The general assembly hereby finds
and declares that:

(a) The purpose of this part 6 is to empower students and the community by
offering a comprehensive program of education, awareness, and training and a
readily accessible tool that allows students and the community to easily provide
anonymous information about unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or
criminal activities in schools, or the threat of these activities, to appropriate law
enforcement and public safety agencies and school officials; and

(b) The ability to anonymously report information about unsafe, potentially
harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities in schools before or after they
have occurred is critical in reducing, responding to, and recovering from these
types of events in schools.

(2) The general assembly therefore finds that it is appropriate and necessary
to provide for the anonymity of a person who provides information to law
enforcement and public safety agencies and school officials and to provide for the
confidentiality of associated materials.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2014: Entire part added, (SB 14-002), ch. 241, p. 889, � 2, effective August 6.