Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 193:32 - Educational MaterialsI.The program shall acquire or prepare educational materials relating to missing children issues and matters. These issues and matters include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) The types of missing children.(b) The reasons why and how minors become missing children, the potential adverse consequences of a minor becoming a missing child, and, in the case of minors who are considering running away from home or from the care, custody, and control of their parents, custodial parent, guardian, legal custodian, or another person responsible for them, alternatives that may be available to address their concerns and problems.(c) How to avoid becoming a missing child and what to do if one becomes a missing child.(d) Efforts that schools, parents, and members of a community can undertake to reduce the risk that a minor will become a missing child and to quickly locate or identify a minor who becomes a missing child, including, but not limited to, fingerprinting programs.II.The program shall provide, upon request, a reasonable number of copies of the educational materials acquired or prepared pursuant to paragraph I to boards of education in this state and to nonpublic schools in this state. The program shall provide assistance, upon request, to a board of education or nonpublic school that is developing an educational program concerning missing children issues and matters.III.The program shall provide, upon request, a copy of any educational material to another person or entity. 1985, 318:6. 1997, 183:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.