Local education agency communication requirements -- Protection

(1) As used in this section, "school employee" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-8-509.1. (2) On or before October 1 of each year, an LEA shall provide the state board with the work email address of each school employee. (3) The state board may email school employees for official communication: (a) if the state board provides 48 hours notice to the local superintendent; and (b) no more than three times per calendar year. (4) The state board: (a) may use an employee's email address provided under Subsection (2) for official communication between the state board and the school employee; and (b) may not disclose an email address provided under Subsection (2) to a third party. (5) (a) Upon request, the state board shall provide the email addresses in Subsection (2) to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives. (b) The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, by mutual agreement, may jointly email school employees for official communication on behalf of the Legislature relating to the teaching profession or education policy in the state: (i) if the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives provide 48 hours notice to the local superintendent; and (ii) no more than three times per calendar year. (c) The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives may not: (i) use or allow another individual to use a school employee's email address for political activity or for any purpose other than as described in Subsection (5)(b); and (ii) disclose and email address provided under Subsection (2) to another legislator or a third party.