Current through the 2023 Regular Session
Section 44-2-506 - List of missing Montana school children(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall assist the missing children information program provided for in 44-2-503 in identifying and locating missing children who are enrolled in Montana public school districts in kindergarten through grade 12 by: (a) collecting each month a list of missing Montana school children as provided by the missing children information program provided for in 44-2-503;(b) distributing the list of missing school children on a monthly basis, unless the list has no change from the previous month's information, to all school districts admitting children to kindergarten through grade 12;(c) designing the list to include pertinent available information for identification of the missing school child, including a directory photograph of the child if available pursuant to 20-7-1317; and(d) notifying the appropriate law enforcement agency and the missing children information program as soon as any additional information is obtained or contact is made with respect to a missing school child.(2) Each school district in Montana shall: (a) distribute to each school building within the district the list of missing school children provided for in subsection (1); and(b) notify the appropriate law enforcement agency at the earliest known contact with any child whose name appears on the list of missing school children.Amended by Laws 2019, Ch. 250,Sec. 3, eff. 7/1/2019.En. Sec. 6, Ch. 559, L. 1985.