An employee of a school district, an accredited nonpublic school, or an area education
agency who participates in good faith and acts reasonably in the making of a report to, or
investigation by, an appropriate person or agency regarding violence, threats of violence,
physical or sexual abuse of a student, or other inappropriate activity against a school
employee or student in a school building, on school grounds, or at a school-sponsored
function shall be immune from civil or criminal liability relating to such action, as well as for
participating in any administrative or judicial proceeding resulting from or relating to the
report or investigation.
2000 Acts, ch 1162, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §96, 106
Referred to in §279.51A, 613.21
Similar provision, see §613.21
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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cases, 2005–2015 · leading case:
Hlubek v. Pelecky, 701 N.W.2d 93 (Iowa 2005).
Hlubek v. Pelecky, 701 N.W.2d 93 (Iowa 2005).
· cites it 11× “21 (granting immunity to school employees “for reasonable acts undertaken in good faith” when investigating alleged incidents of abuse).”
Shannon & Danny NELSON, Individually, & on Behalf of E.N. F/K/A E.N., a Minor, Appellees, v. Lynn M. LINDAMAN, Lynn M. Lindaman, M.D., P.L.C. D/B/A Lindaman Orthopaedic, & Mercy Med. Ctr.—Des Moines, Appellants, 867 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2015).
· cites it 2× “at 96–97 (citing Iowa Code sections 280.27 and 613.21 (2001)). We held the evidence showed the defendants had acted in good faith and the plaintiff “ha[d] presented no contrary evidence on the issue.”
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