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House Journal: Page 1820: Monday, April 20, 1998

 2   2269, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
 3   as follows:
 4     1.  Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 43 and
 5   inserting the following:
 6     "   .  Page 2, by striking line 13 and inserting
 7   the following:
 8     "1.  An employee of an accredited public school
 9   district, accredited nonpublic school, or area
10   education agency may intervene in a fight or".
11        .  Page 2, by inserting after line 22 the
12   following:
13     "2.  A person who is not an employee of an
14   accredited public school district, accredited
15   nonpublic school, or area education agency may
16   intervene in a fight or physical struggle occurring
17   among students, or between students and nonstudents,
18   that takes place in the presence of the nonemployee in
19   a school building, on school premises, or at any
20   school function or school-sponsored activity
21   regardless of its location.  The intervention may
22   occur in the absence of an employee of an accredited
23   public school district, accredited nonpublic school,
24   or area education agency, or at the request of such an
25   employee, utilizing the degree and force of
26   intervention reasonably necessary to restore order and
27   protect the safety of the individuals involved in the
28   altercation and others in the vicinity of the
29   altercation.  However, a person who intervenes in the
30   absence of an employee of an accredited public school
31   district, accredited nonpublic school, or area
32   education agency shall report the intervention and all
33   relevant information regarding the situation as soon
34   as reasonably possible to such an employee.
35     3.  An employee of an accredited public school
36   district, accredited nonpublic school, or area
37   education agency who intervenes in a fight or physical
38   struggle pursuant to subsection 1 shall be awarded
39   reasonable monetary damages against a party bringing a
40   civil action alleging a violation of this section, if
41   it is determined in the action that the employee has
42   been wrongfully accused.  A nonemployee of an
43   accredited public school district, accredited
44   nonpublic school, or area education agency who
45   intervenes in a fight or physical struggle pursuant to
46   subsection 2 shall be limited to the recovery of
47   reasonable attorney fees and court costs, if it is
48   determined in a civil action alleging a violation of
49   this section that the nonemployee has been wrongfully
50   accused."

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