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The goals of Penn State University's Parental Notification Poilcy are:
- To be proactive by identifying an additional point of intervention.
- To have parents feel we are "partners” with them in support of their son or daughter.
- To identify specific types of "at risk" behaviors at a specific threshold (not solely alcohol or drug incidents) to which we notify parents and others.
- To educate students about the impact that inappropriate choices have on other "stakeholders" in regards to their education and positive growth.
- To utilize the impacts of family intervention for deterring further misconduct.
Student disciplinary records are maintained as part of each student's Educational Records. The University reserves the right to report general discipline information to the parent or legal guardian of a dependent student pursuant to guidelines set forth in this section.
In addition, federal legislation authorizes the University to disclose records of disciplinary violations concerning violations of state, federal, or local governing the use or possession of alcohol or controlled substances, which involve students who are under the age of 21. Disclosure of these types of disciplinary violations may be made to a parent or guardian regardless of whether the student is a dependent.
Accordingly, the University may report general discipline information to parents or legal guardians of dependent students, and disciplinary information concerning alcohol and drug violations to parent or legal guardians of students under 21, regardless of dependency, under any of the circumstances:
(a) the parent or legal guardian inquires about a specific University Code of Conduct violation which the student was accused of committing;
(b) the student exhibits a repeated pattern of misconduct and has exhausted or failed to complete required program or other performance requirements;
(c) the Code of Conduct violation constitutes a felony under state or federal law;
(d) the student has been involved, or has involved others, in a potentially life-threatening situation;
(e) in the professional judgment of the staff of the Office of Judicial Affairs, a report to the parent or guardian of the student is advisable under the specific facts and circumstances of the disciplinary incident in question.
Information concerning a student who is dependent within the meaning of Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 may be released to that student's parents. The Internal Revenue Code defines a dependent student as one who has attended an educational institution full-time for any five calendar months of a tax year and who was provided more than one-half of his/her support as claimed by the parent or parents on their income tax statement. For purposes of this policy, the assumption, unless individually certified to the contrary under the above criteria, will be that University students are not dependents within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code.
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