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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 708.1, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1 2 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 Provided, that where the person doing any of the above 1 4 enumerated acts is employed by a school district or accredited 1 5 nonpublic school, or is an area education agency staff member 1 6 who provides services to a school or school district, and 1 7 intervenes in a fight or physical struggle, or other 1 8 disruptive situation, that takes place in the presence of the 1 9 employee or staff member performing employment duties in a 1 10 school building, on school grounds, or at an official school 1 11 function regardless of the location, the act shall not be an 1 12 assault, whether the fight or physical struggle or other 1 13 disruptive situation is between students or other individuals, 1 14 if the degree and the force of the interventionisare 1 15 reasonably necessary to restore order and to protect the 1 16 safety of those assembled. In addition, a person who is not a 1 17 school district or accredited nonpublic school employee or 1 18 area education agency staff member and who, in the absence of 1 19 such an employee or staff member or at the request of such an 1 20 employee or staff member, intervenes in a fight or physical 1 21 struggle, or other disruptive situation, occurring in a school 1 22 building, on school grounds, or at an official school function 1 23 regardless of the location, does not commit assault, whether 1 24 the fight or physical struggle or other disruptive situation 1 25 is between students or other individuals if the degree and the 1 26 force of the intervention are reasonably necessary to restore 1 27 order and to protect the safety of those assembled. However, 1 28 a person who intervenes in the absence of such an employee or 1 29 staff member shall report the intervention and all relevant 1 30 information surrounding it as soon as reasonably possible to 1 31 such an employee or staff member. 1 32 EXPLANATION 1 33 This bill provides that a person who is not an employee of 1 34 a school or an area education agency staff member does not 1 35 commit an assault when forcibly intervening in a fight or 2 1 other disturbance at a school or school function under certain 2 2 circumstances. A person who intervenes to stop a fight or 2 3 other disturbance at the school or at a school function does 2 4 not commit an assault if the intervention is necessary due to 2 5 the absence of an employee or staff member or at the request 2 6 of an employee or staff member and the force used in the 2 7 intervention is reasonably necessary to restore order and 2 8 protect others. The person is required to notify a school 2 9 employee or staff member as soon as reasonably possible after 2 10 the intervention. 2 11 LSB 3081HH 76 2 12 mk/jw/5
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