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Board considers tightened rules to notify parents before law‑enforcement interviews of students
Summary
Trustees reviewed proposed changes to policy requiring schools and law enforcement to attempt to contact parents promptly before interviewing a student; the draft tightened language after a parent reported police had questioned a fifth grader without parental notification.
At a workshop the Hillsborough County School Board considered a proposed policy update to clarify parental notification when law enforcement seeks to interview a student on school grounds. The change responds to a parent report that police questioned a fifth grader at school for hours without prior parental contact.
Parent account that prompted review: Board member Vaughn recounted a parent’s concern: "There was a parent in one of our elementary schools... police came to the school and with the administrator, they interviewed the child for 2 to 3 hours straight and…
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