– Drafted February 26, 2025
NOTIFICATION
The Redlands Unified School District Board of Education strives to foster trust between the District
and parent(s)/guardian(s) of its students. To that end, the Board supports the fundamental rights of
parent(s)/guardian(s) to direct the care and upbringing of their children, including the right to be
informed of and involved in all aspects of their child’s education to promote the best outcomes.
The District acknowledges that a “custodial parent has a constitutional right to determine, without
undue interference by the State, how best to raise, nurture, and educate the child.” Troxel v.
Granville, 350 U.S. 57, 67-68 (2000). The District also acknowledges that “the child is not the
mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled
with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.” Pierce v. Society of
Sisters, 268 U.S. 510, 535 (1925).
It is the intent of Redlands Unified School District in enacting this notification policy to do all of
the following:
(I) Provide procedures designed to maintain and, in some cases, restore, trust between
school districts and parent(s)/guardian(s) of pupils.
(II) Bring parent(s)/guardian(s) into the decision-making process for mental health and
social-emotional issues of their children at the earliest possible time, and as permitted by law, in
order to prevent or reduce potential instances of self-harm.
(II) Promote communication and positive relationships with parent(s)/guardian(s) of
pupils that promote the best outcomes for pupils’ academic and social-emotional success.
It is the policy of the Redlands Unified School District that District employees, administrators
and certificated staff collaborate with parent(s)/guardian(s) in evaluating the needs of students
having academic, attendance, social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties and in identifying
strategies and programs that may assist such students in maximizing their potential.
The District notification policy requires the following:
1. Principal/designee, certificated staff, and/or school counselors, shall notify the
parent(s)/guardian(s), in writing, within three days from the date any District employee,
administrator, or certificated staff, becomes aware that a student is requesting to change
any information contained in the student’s official or unofficial records.
NOTIFICATION (cont.)
2. The principal/designee or staff shall notify the parent(s)/guardian(s) of the student who
participates in school-sponsored extracurricular and cocurricular activities or team(s) in
writing immediately or as soon as reasonably possible.
3. The principal/designee, or staff shall notify the parent(s)/ guardian(s) of the student
immediately or as soon as reasonably possible, that the student has experienced any
significant physical injury while on school property or participating in a school
sponsored activity.
4. All District employees shall take every student’s statement regarding suicidal intent
seriously.
(a) Whenever an employee, administrator or certificated staff member suspects or has
knowledge of a student’s suicidal intentions based on the student’s verbalizations
or act of self-harm, the employee, administrator or staff member shall promptly
notify the principal or school counselor, who shall implement District’s
intervention protocols, as appropriate, and shall notify the parent(s)/guardian(s)
immediately, or as soon as reasonably possible.
(b) When a suicide attempt or threat is known, the principal or designee shall ensure
student safety by taking the following actions:
(I) Immediately secure medical treatment and/or mental health services as
necessary;
(II) Keep the student under continuous adult supervision until the
parent/guardian and/or appropriate support agent or agency can be
contacted and has the opportunity to intervene;
(III) Notify law enforcement and/or other emergency assistance if a suicidal act
is being actively threatened and remove other students from the area in the
event of an active suicidal act.
(c) The principal or designee shall document the incident in writing, including the
steps that the school took in response to the suicide attempt or threat.
(d) School employees shall act only within the authorization and scope of their
credential or license. An employee is not authorized to diagnose or treat mental
illness unless specifically licensed and employed to do so. (Education Code 215).
NOTIFICATION (cont.)
5. The principal/designee or certificated staff shall notify the parent(s)/guardian(s) of any
incident or complaint of a verbal or physical altercation involving their child, including
bullying by or against their child, within three school days of the occurrence. Aany
student, parent/guardian, or other individual who believes that a student has been
subjected to bullying or who has witnessed bullying may report the incident to a teacher,
the principal, district compliance officer, or any other available school employee.
Any complaint of bullying, whether it is discriminatory or nondiscriminatory, shall be
investigated and resolved in accordance with law and the District's Uniform Complaint
Procedures (UCP) specified in administrative regulation (AR) 1312.3.
6. Unless otherwise specified, the notification required in Sections 1 through 5 above, can be
by telephone, mail, email or conference. The District employees who make such
notification shall either keep a record of such notification (if written) or document such
notification (if verbal) and place the record or documentation in the student’s official
student information system.
7. For purposes of this Board policy, Family Code Section 6924, Health And Safety Code
Section 124260, and Education Code Section 49602(c), inclusion of
parent(s)/guardian(s) is appropriate unless specifically otherwise prohibited by law.
Nothing in this policy affects the obligations of the District’s employees, administrators,
and certificated staff as mandated reporters under Article 2.5 of the Child Abuse and
Neglect Reporting Act Sections 11164-11174.3 of the penal code, and the District Policy
5141 And Administrative Regulations 5141.4(a)).
Redlands Unified School District
DRAFT revised: February 26, 2025
