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Board reviews policy on confidential student communications; legal limits and who qualifies clarified
Summary
Mount Lebanon officials reviewed draft policy 2.07 on confidential communications, clarifying which staff qualify as confidential school personnel, mandatory reporting limits, and when information may be disclosed to principals, parents or law enforcement.
The Mount Lebanon School District reviewed draft policy 2.07 on confidential communications of students at its Sept. 8 policy meeting, discussing which employees are covered by the privilege and how the district must respond when a student’s health, safety or welfare is at risk.
The draft notes that “certain written and verbal communications between students and confidential school personnel must be confidential,” and lists examples of confidential school personnel as defined by law, including guidance counselors, school nurses, school psychologists and home and school visitors. The presenter said that teachers are not typically included among confidential school…
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