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Pittsburgh SD adds required parent and employee notifications for weapons incidents; 24‑hour rule applies to building-level notices
Summary
Policy 213 retains the district’s definition of 'weapon' but adds a mandated reporting regime: immediate notice to parents of involved students and broader parent/employee notifications to affected building populations within 24 hours in most cases; the policy also requires documenting attempts to reach guardians and informing whether law enforcement was notified.
Pittsburgh SD presented revisions to Policy 213 that leave the definition of a weapon unchanged but add a mandated reporting and notification regime for weapon incidents on school property, at school-sponsored activities, or on district transportation.
Presenter Miss Satler said the superintendent or a designee must notify the parent or guardian of any student involved in a weapons incident "as soon as practicable" and must document all…
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