By Mr. Fagan of Taunton, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2302) of James H. Fagan that police departments be required to notify school superintendentsupon the issuance of felony complaints against students.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

James H. Fagan

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act requiring police departments to notify school superintendents upon the issuance of felony complaints against students. .

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Section 37H½ of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection:—
(3) Upon the issuance of a criminal complaint charging a student with a felony, or upon the issuance of a felony delinquency complaint against a student, in a city or town other than where the student attends school, the police department pursuing either the criminal or delinquency complaint shall be responsible for immediately notifying the superintendent in the district where the student is believed to be a student. The police department so notifying shall do so on a form provided by the department of education for said purpose. The principal or headmaster of the school, in which the student is enrolled, the superintendent, as well as the student, shall have the same rights as above.