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b. The principal of a school or the principal's designee shall, within one school day after suspension or expulsion of any pupil, notify, by telephone or any other appropriate method chosen of the school, the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county or the school district in which the school is situated of any acts of the pupil may violate subdivision Ed Code (c) or (d) of Section 48900. Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the principal of a school or the principal's designee shall notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county or city which the school is located of any acts of a pupil that may involve the possession or sale or narcotics or of a controlled substance or a violation of Section 626.9 or 626.10 Penal Code. The principal or principal's designee shall report any act specified in paragraph (1) or (5) of subdivision (c) of section 48915 committed by a pupil or non -pupil on a school site to the city police or county sheriff with jurisdiction over the report was made with reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the report. d. A principal, designee, or any other person reporting a known or suspected act described in subdivision (a) or (b) is not civilly or criminally liable as a result of making any report authorized by this article unless it can be proven that a false report was made and that the person knew the report was false or the report was made with reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the report. A principal, the principal's designee reporting a criminal act committed by a school age individual with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026, shall ensure that copies of the special education and disciplinary records of the pupil are transmitted, as described in Section 1415 (k) (6) of Title 20 of the United States Code, for consideration by the appropriate authorities to whom he or she reports the criminal act. Any copies of the pupil's special education and disciplinary records may be transmitted only to the extent permissible under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec 1232g et seq). If notification is provided as discussed above, and no juvenile or criminal charges are to be filed, the contraband shall be confiscated by the SRO according to Pleasanton Police Department policy, and property disposed of. 5. School officials shall conduct their own searches of individual students, their individual property, and school property under civil authority except under circumstances of criminal investigation. 6. School officials, under limited circumstances, may request the SRO (or other officer) to act as their physical safety agent to perform or complete a school search for said official solely for the purpose of eliminating or reducing danger during the search. 7. School officials shall share any information with police officers that is obtained during a student investigation or search if school officials feel that said information may be evidence of a crime. Page 12 of 13