West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 126 - Education
Title 126 - PROCEDURAL RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Series 126-094 - Procedures for the Collection, Maintenance, and Disclosure of Student Data (4350)
Section 126-94-8 - Law Enforcement Units

Universal Citation: 126 WV Code of State Rules 126-94-8

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024

8.1. Law enforcement unit means any individual, office, department, division, or other component of an educational agency or institution, such as a unit of commissioned police officers or non-commissioned security guards, that is officially authorized or designated by that agency or institution to:

8.1.a. enforce any local, state, or federal law, or refer to appropriate authorities a matter for enforcement of any local, state, or federal law against any individual or organization other than the agency or institution itself; or

8.1.b. maintain the physical security and safety of the agency or institution

8.2. A component of an education agency or institution does not lose its status as a law enforcement unit if it also performs other, non-law enforcement functions for the agency or institution, including investigation of incidents or conduct that constitutes or leads to a disciplinary action or proceedings against the student.

8.3. Records of a law enforcement unit means those records, files, documents, and other materials that are:

8.3.a. created by a law enforcement unit;

8.3.b. created for a law enforcement purpose; and

8.3.c. maintained by the law enforcement unit.

8.4. Records of a law enforcement unit does not mean:

8.4.a. records created by a law enforcement unit for a law enforcement purpose that are maintained by a component of the educational agency or institution other than the law enforcement unit; or

8.4.b. records created and maintained by a law enforcement unit exclusively for a non-law enforcement purpose, such as a disciplinary action or proceeding conducted by the educational agency or institution.

8.5. Nothing in this policy prohibits an educational agency or institution from contacting its law enforcement unit, orally or in writing, for the purpose of asking that unit to investigate a possible violation of, or to enforce, any local, state, or federal law.

8.5.a. Education records, and personally identifiable information contained in education records, do not lose their status as education records and remain subject to this policy including the disclosure provisions of section 17 while in the possession of the law enforcement unit.

8.5.b. Disclosure by an educational agency or institution of its law enforcement unit records is neither required nor prohibited by this policy.

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