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333.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of this policy is to describe the requirements and procedures to follow when a
public or private school employee (teacher and non-teacher) has been arrested under certain
circumstances.
333.2 POLICY
The CSU Police Department will meet the reporting requirements of California law to minimize
the risks to children and others.
333.3 MANDATORY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ARREST REPORTING
In the event a school employee is arrested for any offense enumerated below, the Chief of Police
or designee is required to report the arrest as follows.
333.3.1 ARREST OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
In the event a public school teacher is arrested for any controlled substance offense enumerated
in Health and Safety Code § 11591 or Health and Safety Code § 11364, in so far as that section
relates to Health and Safety Code § 11054(d)(12), or for any of the offenses enumerated in
Penal Code § 290, Penal Code § 261(a), or Education Code § 44010, the Chief of Police or
designee is mandated to immediately notify by telephone the superintendent of the school district
employing the teacher and to immediately give written notice of the arrest to the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing and to the superintendent of schools in the county where the person is
employed (Health and Safety Code § 11591; Penal Code § 291).
333.3.2 ARREST OF PUBLIC SCHOOL NON-TEACHER EMPLOYEE
In the event a public school non-teacher employee is arrested for any controlled substance offense
enumerated in Health and Safety Code § 11591 or Health and Safety Code § 11364, in so far
as that section relates to Health and Safety Code § 11054(d)(12), or for any of the offenses
enumerated in Penal Code § 290, Penal Code § 261(a), or Education Code § 44010, the Chief
of Police or designee is mandated to immediately notify by telephone the superintendent of the
school district employing the non-teacher and to immediately give written notice of the arrest to
the governing board of the school district employing the person (Health and Safety Code § 11591;
Penal Code § 291).
333.3.3 ARREST OF PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHER
In the event a private school teacher is arrested for any controlled substance offense enumerated
in Health and Safety Code § 11591 or Health and Safety Code § 11364, in so far as that section
relates to Health and Safety Code § 11054(d)(12), or for any of the offenses enumerated in
Penal Code § 290 or Education Code § 44010, the Chief of Police or designee is mandated
to immediately notify by telephone the private school authority employing the teacher and
CSU Police Department
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teacher (Health and Safety Code § 11591; Penal Code § 291.1).
333.3.4 ARREST OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR
In the event a teacher or instructor employed in a community college district school is arrested
for any controlled substance offense enumerated in Health and Safety Code § 11591.5 or Health
and Safety § 11364, in so far as that section relates to Health and Safety Code § 11054(d)(9),
or for any of the offenses enumerated in Penal Code § 290 or in Penal Code § 261(a)(1), the
Chief of Police or the authorized designee is mandated to immediately notify by telephone the
superintendent of the community college district employing the person, and shall immediately give
written notice of the arrest to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (Health and
Safety Code § 11591.5; Penal Code § 291.5).
333.4 ARREST OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN COMMUNITY CARE FACILITIES
In the event an employee of a community treatment facility, a day treatment facility, a group home,
a short-term residential therapeutic program or a foster family agency is arrested for child abuse
(as defined in Penal Code § 11165.6) and the employee is free to return to work where children
are present, the investigating member shall notify the licensee of the charge of abuse (Health and
Safety Code § 1522.2).