Education Code section 49370

The Legislature hereby declares its intent in enacting this article to require that specified persons, including school teachers, school administrators, school aides, school playground workers, and school bus drivers, report missing children to a law enforcement agency in a timely manner, in order to provide those children a necessary level of protection when they are at serious risk.

Source: Section 49370, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=49370. (updated Jan. 1, 2000; accessed Jul. 28, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/education_code_section_49370

Original Source: Section 49370, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=49370. (last accessed May 12, 2025).