Section 1, Section 53G-7-203 is amended to read: 53G-7-203. Kindergartens -- Establishment -- Funding -- Assessment. (1)Kindergartens are an integral part of the state's public education system. (2) (a)Each LEA governing board shall provide kindergarten classes free of charge for kindergarten children residing within the district or attending the charter school. (b)Each LEA governing board shall provide a half-day kindergarten option for a student if the student's parent requests a half-day option. (c)Nothing in this Subsection (2): (i)allows an LEA governing board to require a student to participate in a full-day kindergarten program; (ii)modifies the non-compulsory status of kindergarten under Title 53G, Chapter 6, Part 2, Compulsory Education; or (iii)requires a student who only attends a half day of kindergarten to participate in dual enrollment under Section 53G-6-702. (3)Kindergartens established under Subsection (2) shall receive state money under Title 53F, Public Education System -- Funding. (4) (a)The state board shall: (i)develop and collect data from a kindergarten assessment that the board selects by rule; and (ii)make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, regarding the administration of and reporting regarding the assessment described in Subsection (4)(a)(i). (b)An LEA shall: (i)administer the assessment described in Subsection (4)(a) to each kindergarten student; and (ii)report to the state board the results of the assessment described in Subsection (4)(b)(i) in relation to each kindergarten student in the LEA. (5) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the The state board shall require LEAs to report average daily membership for all kindergarten students who attend kindergarten on a schedule that is equivalent in length to the schedule for grades 1 through 3 with the October 1 data described in Section 53F-2-302. (6) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board shall make rules to: (a) beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, require a student to be toilet trained before being enrolled in kindergarten; (b) establish requirements for an LEA's kindergarten enrollment process to include assurances from a parent that the parent's student is toilet trained; (c) create a process for an LEA to follow when an enrolled student in kindergarten is found to not be toilet trained, including: (i) referring the student and the student's parent to a school social worker or counselor for additional family supports and resources; (ii) allowing a parent or the parent's adult designee to aid in toilet training as needed; and (iii) when needed, reintegration of a student once the student has become toilet trained; and (d) create exemptions from the requirement in Subsection (6)(a) for a student who is not able to be toilet trained before kindergarten because of a condition described in an IEP or Section 504 accommodation plan.

Section 2, Section 53G-8-403 is amended to read: 53G-8-403. Superintendent required to notify school. (1)Within three days of receiving a notification from the juvenile court or a law enforcement agency under Section 80-6-103, the district superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall notify the principal of the school the juvenile attends or last attended. (2)Upon receipt of the information, the principal shall: (a)make a notation in a secure file other than the student's permanent file; and (b)if the student is still enrolled in the school, notify staff members who, in his opinion, should know of the adjudication. (3)A person receiving information pursuant to this part may only disclose the information to other persons having both a right and a current need to know. (4)Access to secure files shall be limited to persons authorized to receive information under this part.

Section 3, Section 80-6-103 is amended to read: 80-6-103. Notification to a school -- Civil and criminal liability. (1)As used in this section: (a)"School" means a school in a local education agency. (b)"Local education agency" means a school district, a charter school, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. (c)"School official" means: (i)the school superintendent , or the school superintendent's designee, of the district in which the minor resides or attends school; or (ii)if there is no school superintendent for the school, the principal , or the principal's designee, of the school where the minor attends. (d)"Transferee school official" means: (i)the school superintendent , or the school superintendent's designee, of the district in which the minor resides or attends school if the minor is admitted to home detention; or (ii)if there is no school superintendent for the school, the principal , or the principal's designee, of the school where the minor attends if the minor is admitted to home detention. (2)A notification under this section is provided for a minor's supervision and student safety. (3) (a)If a minor is taken into temporary custody under Section 80-6-201 for a violent felony or an offense in violation of Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 5, Weapons, the peace officer, or other person who has taken the minor into temporary custody, shall notify a school official within five days after the day on which the minor is taken into temporary custody. (b)A notification under this Subsection (3) shall only disclose: (i)the name of the minor; (ii)the offense for which the minor was taken into temporary custody or admitted to detention; and (iii)if available, the name of the victim if the victim resides in the same school district as the minor or attends the same school as the minor. (4)After a detention hearing for a minor who is alleged to have committed a violent felony, or an offense in violation of Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 5, Weapons, the juvenile court shall order a juvenile probation officer to notify a school official, or a transferee school official, and the appropriate local law enforcement agency of the juvenile court's decision, including any disposition, order, or no-contact order. (5)If a designated staff member of a detention facility admits a minor to home detention under Section 80-6-205 and notifies the juvenile court of that admission, the juvenile court shall order a juvenile probation officer to notify a school official, or a transferee school official, and the appropriate local law enforcement agency that the minor has been admitted to home detention. (6) (a)If the juvenile court adjudicates a minor for an offense of violence or an offense in violation of Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 5, Weapons, the juvenile court shall order a juvenile probation officer to notify a school official, or a transferee school official, of the adjudication. (b)A notification under this Subsection (6) shall be given to a school official, or a transferee school official, within three days after the day on which the minor is adjudicated. (c)A notification under this section shall include: (i)the name of the minor; (ii)the offense for which the minor was adjudicated; and (iii)if available, the name of the victim if the victim: (A)resides in the same school district as the minor; or (B)attends the same school as the minor. (7)If the juvenile court orders probation under Section 80-6-702, the juvenile court shall order a juvenile probation officer to notify the appropriate local law enforcement agency and the school official of the juvenile court's order for probation. (8) (a)An employee of the local law enforcement agency, or the school the minor attends, who discloses a notification under this section is not: (i)civilly liable except when the disclosure constitutes fraud or willful misconduct as provided in Section 63G-7-202; and (ii)civilly or criminally liable except when the disclosure constitutes a knowing violation of Section 63G-2-801. (b)An employee of a governmental agency is immune from any criminal liability for failing to provide the information required by this section, unless the employee fails to act due to malice, gross negligence, or deliberate indifference to the consequences. (9) (a)A notification under this section shall be classified as a protected record under Section 63G-2-305. (b)All other records of disclosures under this section are governed by Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g.

Section 4. Effective date. This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.