Last modified: October 8, 2024

Policy 3231: Reporting Substantial Threats Against a School

The Provo City School District Board of Education and Superintendent are tasked with ensuring schools are safe and orderly places of learning for the district’s students and employees. As such, this policy will address the issue of substantial threats made against schools, students, and employees., and will outline reporting requirements for such threats.

A “substantial threat” is a threat made with serious intent to cause harm. Whenever any adult employee or volunteer of the District either has reason to believe a substantial threat against a school, school employee, or student attending a school, or is aware of circumstances that would reasonably result in a substantial threat against a school, school employee, or student attending a school, the employee or volunteer shall immediately report the suspected substantial threat to one of the following:

the state security chief;
the local education agency that the threat would impact, or;
the nearest peace officer or law enforcement agency.

If the District or any District representative receives a report of a substantial threat affecting a District student, employee, or school, the district shall immediately inform the appropriate local law enforcement agency and the state security chief. The District and District staff shall cooperate with the law enforcement agency’s investigation of the report of a substantial threat.

Legal References

Board Approved

September 27, 2024